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Your account might be shown in two ways,
Your account might be shown in two ways,


  * PC\username
* PC\username
  * username@pc.umiacs.umd.edu
* username@pc.umiacs.umd.edu


depending on the application you are using.
depending on the application you are using.

Revision as of 20:57, 19 February 2009

Windows Authentication is based on Kerberos standard authentication but with some extensions. Your UMIACS Kerberos5 account is different from your ActiveDirectory account and unless you set your passwords manually will not be the same.

Your ActiveDirectory authentication is used in a variety of different places,

Your account might be shown in two ways,

  • PC\username
  • username@pc.umiacs.umd.edu

depending on the application you are using.

If you need to update your ActiveDirectory password you need to access the Windows Security portion of a pc.umiacs.umd.edu domain desktop or server. This can be found in two ways,

  • If you are physically sitting at the host you can press the hardware control sequence all at once
  <CTRL><ALT><DELETE> 
  • If you are logging in remotely you can access Windows Security by going to
   Start->Settings->Windows Security... 

You should get a screen that looks like this,

File:WindowsSecurity.png

You can choose Change Password to update your ActiveDirectory authentication.