# How to change your Windows Password

**If you are using Windows:**

- Press CTRL-ALT-DEL and select Change Password.
- Follow the onscreen instructions

**Password requirements:**

- Must not contain the user's account name or parts of the user's full name that exceed two consecutive characters
- Must not be one of your last 8 passwords
- Be a minimum of 8 characters
- Contain characters from three of the following four categories:
- Uppercase characters (A through Z)
- Lowercase characters (a through z)
- Numbers (0 through 9)
- Special characters (for example, !, $, #, %)