Changing your password from your QCHA Desktop PC or Laptop

Overview

You are required to change your QCHA domain account / PC Logon password every 42 days as per the Association ICT Policy. While the password change policy will force youto do this every 42 days, you can change your own password at any time. In doing so, you will reset the expiry date and not require to change your password for another 42 days.

Consider the following scenarios (beyond the mandatory 42 day policy requirement) where this might be useful:

You are going on annual leave and your password is due to expire while you are off work.
You suspect that your account may have been compromised (either by direct issuance of your password to someone else, or via phishing e-mail etc). ALWAYS contact the ICT team if you suspect that this has happened.

Process

You are already logged in to your user account on QCHA Equipment

Press "Ctrl" + "Alt" + "Delete" on your keyboard. The following full screen menu will appear:
You will see the "Change a Password" screen. Enter the required details on this screen. Your "Old" password will be the password you used to initially log on to the computer and will be the one you are changing "from". Enter and then confirm the password you wish to change "to" in the remaining two fields.
Once you have entered the required data, click the arrow button to the right of the last field (marked in red below):
You should receive one of the following password change messages:
1. Successful password change. Your new password is active and you will use this anywhere you login with your QCHA account.
2. You may recieve this warning:
  
  Check that your password fulfulls the requirements of the ICT Password Policy
Once your password has been changed, you will be returned back to your desktop environment.