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Awesome Password Generator Changelog

What's new in Awesome Password Generator 1.4.0 Build 1451

Jun 17, 2013
  • Password strength meter now has a tooltip with combinations number, password length in bits and maximum crack time for the currently selected password options;
  • Borders of password strength "classes" are changed (see Password strength section);
  • Bug fixed: Password strength meter now shows a correct reduced strength when Exclude confused characters or Easy-to-type passwords options are selected. Strength is also reduces while generating common (not an easy-to-type) passwords because of excluding weak passwords (which doesn't include all selected charsets). (See Password strength and Options sections);
  • Bug fixed: Bias problem in common passwords (some passwords are generated more often then others);
  • Bug fixed: Bias problem in easy-to-type passwords (some passwords are generated more often then others);
  • Minor changes.

New in Awesome Password Generator 1.3.2 Build 1338 (Aug 22, 2012)

  • Bugs fixed
  • Minor changes

New in Awesome Password Generator 1.3.1 Build 1313 (Jul 2, 2012)

  • Bugs fixed.

New in Awesome Password Generator 1.3.0 Build 1305 (Feb 20, 2012)

  • Hotkeys: now you can re-generate password by pressing F5 or Ctrl+R, copy it to clipboard on Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Ins, and close window on Esc;
  • From now on you can't run multiple app instances simultaneously;
  • "Can't save configuration!" error message is now suppressed in the portable mode;
  • Minor changes.

New in Awesome Password Generator 1.2.0 Build 1161 (Jan 23, 2012)

  • QuickGen feature: Now you can generate passwords via taskbar button's menu on Windows 7/8!

New in Awesome Password Generator 1.1.0 Build 864 (Dec 21, 2011)

  • New feature: Windows taskbar progress indicator (in the bulk generation mode);
  • New feature: Now application is available in two versions: Windows Installer and Portable (see downloads section). You can use Portable version without administrative rights;
  • Bug fixed: User without administrative rights can't save passwords in the default "c:\passwords.txt" file. Now default locations of this file has changed;
  • Bug fixed: App crash on exit if user don't have administrator rights;
  • Minor changes.