I seem to be having a hell of a time keeping track of all my website logins organized. How do you keep them organized? Or do you live dangerously and keep the same login and password everywhere you go?
I have been using notes in Outlooks to reference websites, but it isn’t cutting it. Is there a killer app? A webservice?
Thanks in advance
PasswordSafe works pretty well for me.
I use the same login for the sites [well, one of several, some sites want a name, some want an email address] and my passwords are all the same, however i change passwords once a calendar month on a random day, and the password is generated randomly.
I have a friend who has all his logins are the name of ww2 japanese admirals, and the passwords are names of ww2 japanese ships. Go figure 
Thanks for responding, and thanks for the recommendation av8rmike.
I just seem to be having a lot of time keeping my logins straight. I try to keep ‘archmichael’ every chance I get, but it is not unique enough to guarantee that I can grab it at every site. So sometimes, not only cant I remember my password. I don’t even remember what my login id is.
Judging from the amount of responses, I guess not too many other people are having this problem.
Coincidentally, I just read about PasswordSafe in Popular Science – like, 5 minutes ago – so I intend to check that out.
In the meantime, I use web-based e-mail and keep all of my login/password combinations in a folder called “Accounts.” Most sites send some sort of confirmation message upon registration, and it if contains both pieces of info it goes in the folder. Otherwise, I send myself an e-mail with the info and that goes in the folder. I can access my e-mail from any computer I might be on, which means I can look up whatever account info I need whenever I need it.
Currently, I have 74 such messages in my Accounts folder – plus, a few accounts get their own folder (AES, Allstate, Comcast, Flickr, Google, H&R Block, IMDb, Match.com, Motley Fool, MySpace, SDMB, VA Power, and Verizon Wireless).
Why yes, I am quite anal retentive. 
I use KeePass http://keepass.sourceforge.net/ , a free, open-source password safe program. It even will help you generate random passwords. I keep it on a USB drive I carry with me everywhere, so I always have the logins/passwords with me no matter where I am.
Sounds just like PasswordSafe, which is also open source and small enough to keep on a USB drive (and will generate random passwords). What’s the difference between the two apps?
I’m not familiar with PasswordSafe. I know there are a number of programs out there that do similar things. I used to use the PC Magazine utility “Password Prompter” until they made all their utilities “paid” where you had to be a subscriber to their site/magazine to get 'em.
I just make a tiny Excel sheet with 3 columns. Site, username and password. I store it on a CD and make a little tiny copy for my desk. I update it when I’ve joined more websites and it is really easy to maintain.
I just keep 3 passwords I use:
One for throwaway accounts - the ones I really don’t care about.
One for websites that seem insecure (not run by a known company).
One for secure websites.
And the occasional really-special unique password like for my GMail account, for instance.
Easy to remember and not much of a hassle. Also, I never change my passwords.
I have four usernames and three passwords distributed more or less randomly amongst various sites. I figure this allows me the best of both worlds: somebody who manages to collect my username and PW from one site is highly unlikely to be able to use them to get into anything else, but if I’m a dumbass and forget my OWN login, I only have to try at most 12 permutations before I get it right.
Furthermore, my four usernames are all variations on the same theme, as are my passwords, which makes it unlikely I’ll ever forget what they are; and my passwords are variations on a “word” which makes sense to nobody else in the world but me, so I think I’m safe.
I do a combination of Misnomer and RSSchen, except that I use notepad instead of excel.
I started with an earlier version of Password Safe, and I switched to KeePass because I liked it better. It installs as “KeePass Password Safe”, and it’s essentially a radical upgrade of Password Safe. It’s more flexible and has more functions. It can import databases from Password Safe and a couple of other packages.