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Every 90 days your pc prompts you to change your password. Which in turn makes you sigh with despair, conveniently ignore the message and postpone \u00a0it until the absolute last day. And why? Because choosing a password you won’t forget after two days takes some effort and brain power.<\/p>\n
Passwords are like taxes, municipal fees and ridiculous bank fees – frustrating, but necessary. (ok, maybe they’re not all necessary, but you get my point.)<\/p>\n
Your best solution? Just change it immediately and you won’t be confronted by a looming “your password expires in x days” message every day. To make the process as fast and painless as necessary, we have a few suggestions.<\/p>\n
When your pc prompts you to change your password, go directly to http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/useradm<\/a>. Before you change your password, log out of your Inetkey and Outlook to make the synchronisation easier. If possible, don’t change your password while connected via wireless. Rather use your network cable and deactivate the wireless.<\/p>\n If you only use your pc at home and it’s not connected to the network, the change of passwords will only apply to your email and Inetkey. The initial password on your pc will therefore not be changed unless it’s on the network. For passwords to synchronise correcly, a pc\/laptop has to be connected to one of the US domains.<\/p>\n This week 6.5 million\u00a0LinkedIn accounts were hacked into<\/a>\u00a0and this one again emphasises the necessity for strong passwords.<\/strong><\/p>\n In particular take note of the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n If you changed your password and it hasn’t updated fast enough on your cellphone or tablet, reset the password to the latest one and contact IT to unlock your account. This will prevent you from having to change your password again.<\/p>\n Wagwoorde een van daai dinge soos belasting, munisipale rekeninge en onnodige bankkostes – frustrerend, maar nodig (goed, miskien is hulle nie almal per se<\/em> nodig nie, maar julle verstaan my punt.)<\/p>\n Die beste oplossing is om dit so vinnig as moontlik te doen en dan hoef jy nie vir die volgende 14 dae gekonfronteer te word deur `n treiterende boodskappie nie. Om die proses so vinnig en pynloos moontlik af te handel, gee ons `n paar voorstelle.<\/p>\n\n
When you change your password on http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/useradm<\/a>, also change it accordingly on all your other devices\u00a0(cellphone, tablet, etc.) If you don’t have your other devices with you and they are connected to the internet at home, ask someone to switch it off for you while your are changing the password. Also immediately switch off your device (pc, tablet or cellphone) after you’ve changed your password successfully to ensure it synchronises successfully.<\/div>\nElke 90 dae \u00a0gee jou rekenaar `n boodskap wat jou laat sug van moedeloosheid en jy dan eerder ignoreer en uitstel tot op die nippertjie. En hoekom? Want dit verg `n klein bietjie moeite en breinkrag om `n oorspronklike wagwoord uit te dink wat jy nie na twee dae gaan vergeet nie.<\/p>\n