Information and Communications Technology

Desktop Systems Support Group

How to change your Active Directory password

For security reasons, passwords expire every 90 days, with the previous 12 passwords not available for re-use. Passwords must be:

• a minimum of 8 characters
• contain at least 3 of the 4 types of characters (Capital - A, B, C, Lower - a, b, c, Number - 1, 2, 3, Non alpha/numeric !, @, #, $).

Passwords should not:

• be based on personal information. E.g. name, nickname, birthday, relatives’ names etc…
• use your login name in any form. This includes backwards, doubled, capitalized, etc.
• passwords that are easily spotted when typing. Sequential keys on the keyboard, like: qwerty, mnbvcx or 123456 and so on are easy for people looking over your shoulder to recognise.
• contain common misspelling and substitution in your password (e.g. replacing ‘’e’’ with ‘’3’’ or ‘’i’’ with ‘’1’’)

The Outlook Web Access (OWA) Change Password Method
1.  Log in to OWA
2.  Click on the Options button on the left-hand side.
3.  Scroll down to the Password option and click on Change Password
4.  Type ltu.edu.au in the Domain field, your AD username in the Account field, your old password, new password, confirm your new password and click OK. DO NOT click Reset as this will clear these fields for you to re-enter.

The Ctrl-Alt-Del Change Password Method - for Windows users
Press Ctrl-Alt-Del on your keyboard Click on the Change Password... button Type your AD username in the User name field, ltu.edu.au in the Log on to: field, your old password, new password, confirm your new password and click OK.

The Clement Change Password Method - for Mac users
1.  Connect to Clement (the "LTU Windows Stuff" icon in your Dock, next to the Trash)
2.  Log in with your e-mail password.
3.  Click on Start on the bottom left-hand side of your screen and roll over to Windows Security and select this.
4.  This should open a window with 6 buttons, select Change Password...
5.  Type your AD username in the User name field, ltu.edu.au in the Log on to: field, your old password, new password, confirm your new password and click OK.