Changing Your Password on a College Computer on Campus

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If you need to change your password and are on campus, follow these steps to change your password on a college computer.

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Changing your Stonehill College password is easy to do when you're on campus and using a Lab or Classroom computer. Please make sure that the College owned computer you are on is plugged into an active Ethernet port before following the steps below. Scroll down for macOS instructions.

Windows

If you know your password but want to change it:

  1. Login to the Stonehill College network with your Stonehill username and password.
  2. Press CTRL/ALT and Delete (while holding CTRL and ALT keys down and press the Delete key).
  3. Click on Change a Password.
  4. Type your current password in the Old Password field.
  5. Type a new password into the New password field, and type it again into the Confirm password field.
  6. Click the OK button.

If you don't know your password, or know your password but want to unlock your account:

On any lab or classroom computer take the following steps.

  1. At the login screen, click Reset password.


     
  2. This will launch a secure browser over the login page to validate your security method and assist you with your Microsoft 365 password change. Type your Stonehill College email address and the characters in the CAPTCHA. You will receive the following options:


     
  3. Choose the option that best suits your needs and when prompted, type the Authenticator app code on your phone. Then you will be able to unlock or reset your password.
     

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macOS

  1. From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
  2. Click on the Users & Groups icon.
  3. Highlight your account and select the Change Password button, or, click the to the right of your account and then click Change.
  4. Type your current password in the Old Password field.
  5. Type a new password into the New password field, and type it again into the Verify field to confirm.
  6. Click the Change Password button to finish.

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Article ID: 32176
Created
Fri 6/16/17 9:57 AM
Modified
Wed 4/23/25 9:41 AM

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