Changing your generic password

Begin by changing your password on the new system:

¨      Go to https://connect.vccs.edu which will be the equivalent of the existing WebMail

¨      Enter Domain\Account name – usually vccs\fi, lastname (except for Marilyn Peterson - mrpeterson and Betty Young- byoung1 due to conflict with other users)

¨      Enter password which is initially set to a generic password (see email instructions that was sent out to all users) for what your initial password is.

¨      Click “Logon” 

 In the left pane select options

In the right pane scroll down to password

Click on “Change Password”

This will open a popup window 

¨        Enter “vccs” for domain

¨        Enter account name

¨        Enter old password which is initially set to a generic password of  “bell$$ and the last 4 digits of your office phone number”

¨        Enter new password (must be at least 7 characters and meet password complexity requirements
 

Password must contain at least three of the following four character groups:

           English uppercase characters (A through Z)

           English lowercase characters (a through z)

           Numerals (0 through 9)

           Non-alphabetic characters (such as !, $, #, %)
 

Click “OK”

Click “Logoff” on top right hand corner 

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