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| - | ===== Changing Your Olin Network Password ====== | + | ====== Changing Your Olin Network Password ====== |
| - | + | ===== password.olin.edu ===== | |
| - | Register your Olin account on our password management site! Once you are registered, managing your Olin network password will be easier than ever, particularly if you use nonWindows systems or more than one device. If your network account has been locked out, your | + | Register your Olin account on our password management site! Once you are registered, managing your Olin network password when you do not have access to your Olin laptop or are locked out of your account will be easier than ever, particularly if you use non Windows systems or more than one device. If your network account has been locked out, your password has expired & needs to be changed or you have forgotten it, you can regain access to your account by visiting Olin College’s password management website: https://password.olin.edu. If you have access to your Olin laptop, please follow the steps below prior to using https://password.olin.edu. |
| - | password has expired, needs to be changed or you have forgotten it, you can regain access to | + | |
| - | your account by visiting Olin College’s password management website: http://password.olin.edu. | + | |
| Remember you must have your current username and password to complete the registration so don't delay! | Remember you must have your current username and password to complete the registration so don't delay! | ||
| - | We strongly recommend you read; [[general_password_info|Your Olin Password, What You Should Know]] to review Olin | + | We strongly recommend you read; [[general_password_info|Your Olin Password, What You Should Know]] to review Olin College’s password requirements and some other common password related questions prior to changing your network account password. |
| - | College’s password requirements and some other common password related questions prior to | + | |
| - | changing your network account password. | + | |
| - | + | It is important to note that changing your password affects more than your laptop; it also affects other devices that connect to Olin services and your access to those services. Many devices (Apple, Linux or Windows based computers, and mobile devices such as iPads, iPhones, Android and other smart phones) and various applications, allow you to store accounts and passwords. These devices and/or applications automatically retry accessing services such as email or connecting to wireless networks with these stored accounts and passwords. This may result in account lockouts due to failed login attempts following a password change if certain steps aren’t taken when changing your password. | |
| - | It is important to note that changing your password affects more than your laptop; it also affects | + | |
| - | other devices that connect to Olin services and your access to those services. Many devices | + | |
| - | (Apple, Linux or Windows based computers, and mobile devices such as iPads, iPhones, Android | + | |
| - | and other smart phones) and various applications, allow you to store accounts and passwords. | + | |
| - | These devices and/or applications automatically retry accessing services such as email or | + | |
| - | connecting to wireless networks with these stored accounts and passwords. This may result in | + | |
| - | account lockouts due to failed login attempts following a password change if certain steps aren’t | + | |
| - | taken when changing your password. | + | |
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| - | If you use any of these devices to access Olin services, please be sure to review and follow the | + | If you use any of these devices to access Olin services, please be sure to review and follow the steps below for each of these devices prior to a password change. |
| - | steps below for each of these devices prior to a password change. | + | |
| ===== On Domain Windows 7 Laptops ===== | ===== On Domain Windows 7 Laptops ===== | ||
| - Turn off all your wireless connections via the switch or setting on the device. | - Turn off all your wireless connections via the switch or setting on the device. | ||