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We’re announcing a new release of the LatchKey password vault program that fixes a few minor issues. Primarily interface issues regarding password entry and update version checking. We’ve got a slew of new features under development now that will take our free password storage and tracking system to the next level!

We’re announcing the first release of the Lightweight Scheduler Service. The Lightweight Scheduler Service (LWSS), pronounced “lew-ess”, is a simple Windows service developed to allow web developers a quick and easy way to support their web-applications with an independent and reliable logic processing service. Many web-applications need processes to execute on timed intervals. Some developers choose to execute threads within their web application context, but web servers such as IIS can be configured to wipe out application pools at unknown intervals, thus closing these threads. Developers need a way to keep their scheduled logic running constantly outside of web server threads and the Windows task scheduler.

We’re announcing a new release of the LatchKey password vault program that fixes a few issues as well as adds new multi-phase validation with the addition of a PIN and pattern entry on startup. You will now also be able to specify where your keychain file is stored allowing for quick and dirty cloud-backups with disk-to-cloud services like G-Drive, Skydrive, etc. Download LatchKey Password Vault 1.1.0 right now and let us know what you think.

We’ve uploaded a quick-fix patch for the new settings features that prevents a thrown exception error dialog from occurring the first time a user visits the settings page after upgrading to version 1.1. Please be sure to download the latest version.

We have uploaded some new bug fixes with the latest LatchKey build 1.1.2. This update alleviates the bug of prompting for a PIN and/or Pattern after a failed password entry. If password entry fails, other validators will now not display and the program will exit. The pattern validation dialog has also patched a bug where the pattern validation was not resetting properly. Please be sure to download the latest version.

The LatchKey Password Vault application has been updated with some significant new changes. Among those are the following major changes: The main key chain file format has been modified to include a header allowing the file to be moved from one computer to another. Prior versions were unable to load due to the location in which the password salt was stored. The AES encryption algorithm code was rewritten to utilize to follow best practices for hash and input vector storage. Because of these changes, key-chain files from previous versions will not be readable. The main window was modified to include a menu system for quickly accessing new features. A key chain entries export to CSV (comma-separated value text file) feature was added. An ability to create new key chain files as well as open different key chain files was added.