For best results, please follow these instructions when changing your password: 

1. Read the password rules.
   
   
2. Test your new password to ensure it follows the password rules here.
    
3. Close all applications on your computer, except for a browser window.
    
4. Go to the password change page here. 
    
5. Fill in the fields to change your password and submit the form. You will not see the password you submitted, so you need to remember it.
   
6. Log off of your computer, wait 10 minutes, and log back on again with your username and new password.