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Features:

• Generate passwords of variable length & in variable quantity.
• Generated passwords can be easily copied to the clipboard or saved as a file for later use.
• Repetition of characters in passwords can be prevented.
• Alphabets (Uppercase & Lowercase), numbers & special characters can be used in combination to generate strong passwords.
• User specified characters or symbols can also be used.
• Password strength is analyzed & shown based on its length & composition.
• Settings can be saved.

Note:

• For Windows Vista users, PassGen will not work as it requires "comdlg32.ocx" file. But you can make it work by downloading and registering the same. Here's a good article on how to do it. After doing this, the program will work as good as in Windows XP.
• A good password must contain both lower and upper case letters with numbers. If possible include special characters like "$%?!"/()" to make them stronger.
• Some special characters have special purpose assigned to them in certain systems. In that case the user should not use that character(s) in the password(s).
• The strength of the password shown is only a relative measure. It only gives an idea about how strong your password is for a general purpose application. For another purpose, the definition of a weak, medium & strong password may differ accordingly.
• Update checker is removed from PassGen version 1.3.1 as many anti virus programs are giving it a false positive. If you are using an older version of PassGen, I can assure you that it does NOT contain any kind of virus/spyware/malware etc. It just downloads a text file in your temp folder for checking the latest version of the program. If you are still in doubt, simply delete it. It won't affect PassGen in any way.

OS: Windows 98/NT/2000/ME/XP. Should work in Vista/Windows 7. If not, see notes above.
LICENSE: Freeware

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NOTE: JPassGen, the Java version of PassGen is also available. It is cross-platform and should work in any system having Java installed.

* 1.3.1  - Minor GUI changes. Update checker removed.
* 1.3     - Update checker included.
 * 1.2    - Added password strength analyzer + 5 bugs fixed.
 * 1.1.2 - 1 bug fixed.
 * 1.1.1 - 2 bugs fixed.
 * 1.1    - 4 bugs fixed.
 * 1.0    - PassGen released.