How do you secure your data/passwords?

[Harbz]

I think I need to beef up some my security but not quite sure how to do it.

Currently I have a note in the notes section of Microsoft Office Outlook that I use to write down all my passwords for my various online account and logins.

Say if someone was to steal my PC, they could potentially gain access to my online bank accounts by just going into outlook on my machine and looking in the relavent note and getting hold my logon details.

Can someone please suggest some ideas on how I can improve on my security, specifically storing my logon ids/passwords for online accounts.

 

[Harbz]

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Been doing some research, what about using TrueCrypt to create a new drive say 2gig. Then put my outlook .pst and any other important files in that encrypted volume. Then I only have to remember the password for that one volume. Sound good?