Password Tech Files

NOTES ON THE DOWNLOADABLE FILES:
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PWGen-xxx.zip       : contains PWGen binary (PWGen.exe) & manual *without*
                      installer/setup; simply extract the contents of the .zip
                      file into a folder of your choice and execute PWGen.exe;
                      useful for portable applications (USB sticks etc.)
PWGen-xxx-Setup.exe : contains setup for installing PWGen on your hard disk
PWGen-xxx-Src.zip   : contains source code (C/C++, Borland C++ Builder)


RELEASE NOTES:
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Version 2.6.0 (2015-09-02)

NEW FEATURES:

- new "Advanced" password options "Each character/word must occur only once";
  for formatted passwords, this option can be activated by specifying an
  asterisk (*) symbol between the "%" character and the format specifier;
  e.g., "%*16A" inserts 16 unique alphanumeric characters
- in formatted passwords, a number range in the form "x-y" can be specified to
  insert a random number between x and y of random characters from a character
  set; e.g., "%5-10L" inserts at least 5 and at most 10 random letters
- new "Provide Additional Entropy" window with a text box where you can enter
  or paste any text (preferably from volatile, non-static sources containing a
  certain amount of randomness), which is compressed to roughly estimate its
  entropy content and then added to the random pool
- beginning with this version, PWGen will display a checksum of the setup file
  (PWGen-xxx-setup.exe) in the update notification message box (i.e., when a
  new version is available)

CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS:

- "File Encoding" setting moved from "File" menu into "Configuration" dialog
  (sheet "Files") to make the program settings more consistent
- maximum number of profiles increased from 36 to 50 (note that the profiles
  from #37 onwards cannot be loaded via keyboard shortcuts)
- when the user tests passwords by entering text into the password box in the
  main window, the security bits value is marked with an asterisk (*) symbol
  (instead of a change in color)

FIXES:

- keyboard shortcuts changed from Ctrl+Shift+<X> (<X> = 0, ..., 9, A, ..., Z)
  to Ctrl+Alt+<X> (the first combination didn't work properly on Windows 7)
- allow storing negative window positions in case of multiple monitors (when
  certain windows were positioned outside the primary screen, they were
  re-positioned in the center of the primary screen upon restart)
- in formatted passwords, the security of permuted sequences (via "%N{...%}")
  was not calculated correctly if N was smaller than the original character
  sequence within the brackets
- opening the user manual from the "Help" menu sometimes caused the program to
  crash