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Domain Accounts
Windows
2000 |
Using Your Domain Account
Windows 2000, personal machines
About
domain membership
Connecting
to file servers
Logging
out
Changing
your domain password
About domain membership
In order for you to log
in to the Wellesley domain at startup and change your domain password on your
Windows 2000 computer, your computer must be a "member" of the domain. Since
computers not owned by Wellesley College are not domain members, when you start
up your personal Windows 2000 machine you are logging in to the computer itself,
not to the domain. To use a file server such as NTM, you must log in to the
domain at the time you connect to the file server. To change the password for
your domain account, you must use a public Windows machine.
Connecting to file servers
To connect to a Windows
file server such as NTM:
- From the Start menu, choose Run.
- In the Open: field, type \\ followed
by the name of the server to which you want to connect (e.g., \\ntm). Then
click OK.
- The Enter Network
Password window will appear. In the Connect As
field, type wellesley\ followed by your domain user name (e.g.,
wellesley\wwellesl). In the Password field, type your domain
password. Click OK.
Logging out
To prevent others from gaining access to
private server directories to which your domain account may have access, you
should log out of the domain when you are finished using the server. To log out:
- From the Start menu, choose Log Off.
- When you are asked if you are sure you want to log off, click OK.
If the Log Off option does not appear in the Start menu:
- Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE.
- Click Log Off.
- When you are asked if you are sure you want to log off, click Yes.
Shutting down your computer will automatically log you out.
Changing your domain password
To change your password on campus only:
You will first need to enroll with the Password Station.
1. Enter your Wellesley Username and click on “Continue” button.
2. You will be prompted to enter your current Domain password, then click on the “Continue” button.
3. Select your challenge question from the drop down list, each question and answer must be unique. They are not case sensitive. Make sure you select answers that are LONG-TERM memory based and that you will not forget in 6 months, such as the street you grew up on. When all questions are answered click on the “Continue” button.
NOTE: If you forget the answer to any of your 3 questions you will have to contact the HelpDesk for a manual reset.
4. Congratulations you are enrolled and you can now change your password and manage your domain account.
