Want Instant Backup for Typed Documents and Web Forms? Use REFOG Free Keylogger
Posted by: Barry Cleave in Freeware, tags: Backup, Freeware, Independant Review, Keylogger, Programs, Security, Software, Utilities, Vista, Windows, Windows XPWhat’s This All About?
Have you ever typed the perfect sentence or paragraph? A real moment of inspiration, never to be repeated! It may be into a word document, or a blog comment webform or some other program - and then disaster. A system or program or Internet malfunction results in these never to be remembered words disappearing in a puff of random electrons. Well if it hasn’t happened to you then it has certainly happened to me on more than one occasion.
The answer I found was to use a keylogger to record everything that was being typed. While not a perfect solution it has certainly saved some of my more important sentences, phrases and paragraphs from an early grave as well as saving my time and frustration 
REFOG Free Keylogger is an excellent freeware program that has most of the functions you require for this type of use.
This forms part of my overall instant to long term backup and archiving system that uses a number of different freeware solutions which include ”on the fly” backup of files as new documents or versions are saved through to long term backup of essential documents and information to NAS devices and online storage solutions.
This is a great example of using a utility that may be seen as only having uses for spying on others or trying to nefariously obtain passwords for a good use.
What Does It Do - The Essentials?
Summary:
- Records “all” keyboard input (including Ctl-Shift_Alt, etc.)
- Records mouse clicks
- Records details of program, time and date.
- Records web addresses visited
- Monitors addresses for changes
- Copies the clipboard information
- Logs Information
Pros: What’s Good?
Features & Benefits
- Freeware
- Easy to set up and to use
- Good range of functions
- Filtering and search for information
- Very good options
Cons:What’s Not So Good?
The free version is a stripped down version of a range of REFOG Keylogger products. It would be great if they were all free
the most useful function not available for free is timed screenshots as this provides a way of seeing what ended up on the screen after corrections, cutting and pasting etc.
BUT the range of functions available in the free version is very impressive. Here is the version comparison:
More About What it Does in Detail:
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August 30th, 2008 at 9:37 pm - Edit
[...] Original post by Barry Cleave [...]
August 31st, 2008 at 11:21 am - Edit
OMG OMG, this has happened to me SO many times, and recently with a blog comment that I took so long to write and it was really thought out and perfect and then BAM it was gone in an instant, I was SOOOOOOOOO PISSED! This is great, thanks a lot I will use Keyloger from now on.
Thanks,
JR
October 11th, 2008 at 2:03 pm - Edit
Using a keylogger like this to backup what you wrote is an interesting idea. I don’t know whether it will work for me, but I will give it a go.
A friend of mine uses a keywordlogger to keep an eye on what his young children do online, which I think is another good legitimate use of a keylogger.
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November 18th, 2008 at 6:36 am - Edit
is using keylogger legal or not?
January 28th, 2009 at 7:48 am - Edit
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May 11th, 2009 at 8:18 pm - Edit
Thanks for this intersting post. It helped me kill some time at work waiting for the day to end. Bookmarked!