Password Helper

To ensure the strength of your passwords, the general rule is to make them as complex as possible. This way, you can prevent other users or applications from cracking them or, at least, make their job a lot harder.

Password Helper is a simple Windows tool designed for this purpose. Requiring no installation, the app can be saved in your collection of portable software and launched whenever you need to come up with a new, strong key.

The main application window is standard, showing all password configuration settings in plain sight. If you wish to personalize the key a little bit and perhaps make it easier to remember (unless you use other tools for saving all your passwords), then you can write a word, expression or phrase to set as baseline.

Several common short words and sayings are listed here for this purpose. What's more, Password Helper can be asked to add numbers and symbols before, after and in between the baseline. By default, a 16-character maximum length is ensured by Password Helper but this can be disabled.

Once you hit the "Generate" button, the program brings up another window with five password options: reduced to the first letters, dictionary multi-word, and 8-character random keys. To copy one, you just have to click its corresponding button. Afterward, the app offers to set it as your PC password.

The software application worked without error on Windows 10 in our tests. It produced the keys instantly while having minimal impact on the overall performance of the computer. Although it's not filled with rich options and configuration settings, Password Helper offers a convenient solution for coming up with random, secure passwords to protect your email accounts, private documents, photos and anything else.