Password Change Procedures
The Institute Password Policy specifies minimum length, age and complexity requirements that are intended to produce strong passwords. Do not share you password with other people, including family and friends. If you have questions regarding the password policy or its implementation please contact the Help Desk at x-8989, (812)877-8989, or helpdesk@rose-hulman.edu.
To ensure that you will be able to print to \\print , your local computer user account password must match your network password!
Local Computer: User Account Password (STUDENTS ONLY)
- Log in using your username and password. If your machine has been reimaged at the Help Desk this password is "change".
- Once Windows loads, press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to open the "Windows Security" window.
- In that window, click "Change Password".
- In the "Old Password" field, enter your current password. If your machine has been reimaged at the Help Desk this password is "change".
- In the "New Password" field, enter your new personal password.
- Repeat your personal password in the next field, then click "OK".
- Click "OK" at the "Your password has been changed" dialog box.
Local Machine: Localmgr Account Password
- Click on "Change Password" again.
- In the "User name" field, replace your username with ".\localmgr". Note that the localmgr account is a local account and not a domain account. The period (.\) is a shortcut for your computer's name. For students you should also logon using ".\username" as your account is also a local account.
- In the "Old Password" field, enter your current password. If your machine has been reimaged at the Help Desk this password is "change".
- In the "New Password" field, enter your new personal password.
- Repeat your personal password in the next field, then click "OK".
- Click "OK" at the "Your password has been changed" dialog box.
Network Password
Your new network password must be at least 8 characters long and include 1 character from 3 of the 4 character groups: Capital Letters, Lowercase Letters, Symbols (e.g. @,#,$), and Numbers.
- Click on "Change Password" again.
- In the "User name" field, replace ".\localmgr" with your username.
- In the "Log on to" field, click the arrow and select "ROSE-HULMAN", instead of "computer_name-1 (this computer)".
- In the "New Password" field enter your new network password.
- Repeat your new network password in the next field, then click "OK".
- Click "OK" at the "Your password has been changed" dialog box.
- Open your preferred internet browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari) and navigate to "http://webmail.rose-hulman.edu/". If you are able to login to webmail with your new network password, then the password change has been successful.
Network Password - Changing Via a Remote Desktop Connection
- Type mstsc in the box.
- Make sure the box that appears contains one of the following:
- Click on Connect. The following box will appear
- In the "Log on to" field, choose the Rose-Hulman domain.
- Type in your username in the appropriate field; then type in your old (previous) password.
- A box will appear prompting you to change your password to one which is at least 8 characters long and that includes 1 character from 3 of the 4 character groups, and does not contain a portion of your name, user name or previous password.
- A notification box will appear to alert you whether or not the password change was successful.
- ts1.rose-hulman.edu
- ts2.rose-hulman.edu
- ts3.rose-hulman.edu
