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What do you use lameGen for?
You can use lameGen to generate
passwords to websites such as Amazon, eBay, MySpace, or even forums
that will be harder for someone to guess or crack than say your pets
name.
System admins can use it to make large lists of passwords.
It can also be used for programmers that make shareware to generate
cd-keys to stick into their applications.
However, lameGen is NOT a keymaker/keygen, it will not give you
a serial number for any application or game.
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What is a mask and how do I use it?
This is where you control what
characters and how long the password(s) will be, the characters you
can use are x, X, #, @, and i (unless you customized them).
x would be lower case alphabet characters.
X is upper case alphabet characters.
# is numeric characters.
@ is special characters.
i would be for incrementing numbers.
Say you wanted to make five 10 character password using
all above styles. x##XX@xxXi would get you something
like this:
n37BUüliI0
h83XHðibS1
o95JHâehE2
l67LWàqnT3
w18LQÄovY4
If you're looking to make a CD-KEY and the mask
was XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX then that would generate
UDSZ-JAKC-OCLP-POSY
Any character other than the ones above will come out
as the character you typed. So if you made an all lower
case 6 letter password and added an A to it(xxxxxxA) it
would come out like this xqputdA
The + button next to the mask is to add other masks to the list and
the x button is to remove a mask from the list.
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What do I enter for number to generate?
This is where you control how many
passwords to generate.
Setting it to 1 would generate 1 password and so on,
most I've done at a time was 10000 so you can
generate as many as you need.
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How do I generate the passwords?
After you set the mask and number to
generate click the generate button and the passwords will be
generated.
If it looks like the program froze just wait, it will be
responsive again after the generation is complete.
Note: The not responsive bug will be fixed in the next version.
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What do the program options do?
This is the options screen from here
you choose your preferences.
Auto-Check for update: Checks for a new version
each time you load lameGen. (Connects to this website to read an XML
file to see if you're running the most recent version.)
Save last used mask: If this is checked next
time you load lameGen the mask you used last will be in
the mask text.
Save last number generated: If this is checked
next time you load lameGen the last used number to
generate will be in the number text.
Confirm clear: If this is checked it will ask
you if you're sure if you want to clear the
generated passwords list or not.
Auto-Save last generated password(s): This will
save your last generated passwords to a text file in
the program directory called lastgenerated.txt.
Clear Clipboard on exit: This clears the clipboard
when you exit the program. If you are the only one that
uses the computer this doesn't need to be checked.
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What do the interface options do?
This is the interface options screen
from here you choose your preferences.
Keep on top: Keeps this program on top of all
others.
Sounds: Determines if the buttons should have a
sound if hovered over.
XP Style: Changes from a flat interface style to a more XP like
interface.
Language: Changes what language the interface is in, as of now
the only languages are Dutch, English, Portuguese, Spanish and
Turkish. You can download them from the languages page.
Korean is also available on the forum but will
only work if you have the Windows Language Bar running and configured
correctly. If you want to create your own language file just go to the
lameGen program directory and go into language folder and open up the
english.lng in notepad and copy that into another text file and edit
what needs to be changed then save it as a .lng file and stick it in
the language folder. On the next load you should see it in the list.
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What do the generation options do?
You can customize the generation here
all you need to do is check Use custom generation and fill in the text
boxes to how you like or just use the default.
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What do the mask options do?
You can customize the mask here, if you
don't want to use X for your upper case letters then just change it to
anything you want, the same goes for the rest.
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Questions about the generated list?
This is where the passwords are
generated, if you want to copy one of them to the clipboard then
double click that password or right click the list to bring up the
context menu and click copy selected or copy all.
If you can't read the full password then just hover the mouse over the
password in the list and it will show as a tooltip.
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How do I use lameGen with the command line?
You can also use lameGen from command
line just press the Windows Start button and then click Run. Then
enter "lamegen [your mask here]" without the quotes. It will then
generate one password and copy it to the clipboard.
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What is donationware?
Donationware is software that's freeware
but if you really enjoy the program you can make a small donation.
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