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| - | ====== Rename users & Reset passwords ====== | + | |
| - | This should only be done by graduating students! If you will be a returning | + | |
| - | student and are away from campus, the IT department is unable to | + | |
| - | remotely add your machine back to the domain. | + | |
| - | * Right click on **My Computer** and select **Manage** | + | |
| - | * Expand the **Local Users and Groups** section on the left side; select the **Users** folder: | + | |
| - | * Right click on the **itcltadm** account (which is IT's built-in client administrator account for your machine) and select **Rename** | + | |
| - | * Rename the account to ''Administrator'' | + | |
| - | * Again, right click on this account and select **Set Password…** | + | |
| - | * Click **Proceed** | + | |
| - | * Enter & confirm your new Administrator password. | + | |
| - | Note: If you do not remember your own local password, you may wish to do the same to your own | + | |
| - | local account (which you may not have used yet). The local user account will follow the same naming | + | |
| - | convention as your domain name, as in first initial followed by last name | + | |