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To change your Charlie password in the PC Lab:

Make sure that the system you are using to change your Charlie password is joined to the HMC domain. All of the academic computing labs are joined.
  1. After logging in, press Ctrl + Alt + Del. Your desktop and all your applications should disappear and a window will appear in the center of the screen. Click on Change Password.
  2. Enter your old password in the space provided.
  3. Enter your new password. Then enter your new password again in order to verify it. Click OK.
  4. After you are done changing your password, click on Cancel in the NetWare Security Window to return to the desktop.
Note: There is currently no way to change your Charlie password from outside of the CIS computer labs.

To change your Charlie password in the Macintosh Lab:

  1. Open the Go menu in the top bar of the screen and select Connect to Server....
  2. In the left box of the window that pops up select HMC_MACS and then in the right box select CHARLIE.
  3. Click Connect.
  4. When the login name and password prompt comes up, check to make sure the upper-left corner says Windows 2000 Server, indicating that the Microsoft UAM is installed. If not take the following steps:
    1. Enter your Charlie username and password and press OK.
    2. Select the Microsoft UAM Volume and click OK.
    3. Open the MSUAM_for_X folder.
    4. Double click the Install MSUAM for X and follow the on-screen instructions.
    5. When this is done Microsoft Authentication will automatically be selected whenever you connect to Charlie. Repeat steps 1-3 and then continue below.
  5. Type in your Charlie login name and then click the Change Password... button in the lower left corner of the window.
  6. Next you will be asked for your old password and your new password, as well as a verification of your new password.
  7. Once you have filled these out click OK and you are done.


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Harvey Mudd College Computing and Information Services

Revised: June 17, 2003 by Stephanie Grush
URL http://www.hmc.edu/cis/doc/how-to/servers/win2k/password.shtml