IP Keeper

With all the variety of services asking for your credentials, it gets pretty difficult to remember all your account names and passwords. Some browsers offer to remember this info, but it doesn’t mean it can get lost. Luckily, you can count on specialized applications like IP Keeper to create a secure vault for all your sensible data.

On the bright side of things, the application doesn’t require installation in order to function, thus letting you have all credentials with you wherever you go, all safe and sound on a personal USB flash drive. What’s more, system registry entries are not modified in the process, so the computer you use it on doesn’t get affected.

A master password needs to be created on first launch, and make sure to remember it because there’s no method of retrieving it other than resetting everything. The main window is clean and well-organized. A side panel lets you easily access accounts from a tree list of all categories, while the rest of the space shows info fields on selection.

Although categories are predefined and can’t be changed, these cover quite the variety of domains such as email, network, websites, Windows accounts, servers, workstations, remote systems, as well as SQL server or Access databases.

Creating a new items first asks for the category, and this is because each item type offers a custom number and variety of input fields. Once saved these can be easily accessed and modified on the spot. There’s no report to be generated. The options menu makes it possible to mask password fields for extra safety, or help change the master key.

Last but not least, the application can also be used across a network with multiple users. With the connection configured and appropriate addresses added, details can be easily transferred across network machines.

In conclusion, IP Keeper is a trustworthy desktop assistant which offers a powerful method of keeping all your account credentials safe inside a secure vault. A variety of preset categories are at your disposal, while portability lets you take the vault with you. Management across the network is a plus, making it worth your while overall.