**PASSWORDS for your computer**

(for dial-up users)

All passwords are case-sensitive (meaning that lowercase letters are
considered different from uppercase letters).

If you forget a password, you'll have to obtain a new one. There's no
way to find out what your password was.

**[PASSWORD #1]{.underline}**

**Computer logon (also known as \"Windows logon\")**

**Username:** Usually your first initial of your first name (normally
your real name, not your nick name) followed by your entire last name,
all in lowercase -- for example, "rspencer" for Robert Spencer. May
include your middle initial also -- for example, "rtspencer" for Robert
T Spencer.

**Initial Password:** [p@ssw0rd]{.underline} (that's the number zero,
not the letter O)

This is just a temporary password which you'll have to change the first
time you log on.

**Password expires every 45 or 90 days** (depending on your computer).
The computer will remind you when the password is about to expire. [You
can still change your password after it expires.]{.underline}

**How to change:** The computer will prompt you to change the password
once it's about to expire, and you just follow the instructions on the
screen to change it at that time. If you want to change the password
[before]{.underline} the computer asks you to, then you would have to
follow these steps, but you can't change it if you just changed it
within the last week or two (depending on how your computer is
configured):

1.  After you have logged onto the computer, press Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

2.  Click "Change Password".

3.  Enter your old (current) password and your new password in the
    fields provided (don't forget to type in your new password twice),
    then click OK.

**If it says your account is "locked out"** (which happens if you enter
the wrong password 3 times), wait 30 minutes and it will unlock itself.

**If your password stops working or you forget it**, call your IT
support person (usually your MIS Data Tech or CSP).

**Password rules:**

-   [is]{.underline} case-sensitive.

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-   must be at least 8 characters long.

-   must include at least one number [and]{.underline} at least one
    symbol or capital letter (not all symbols work, but all the ones
    above the number keys at the top of your keyboard should work) with
    the rest of the password being lowercase letters.

-   cannot be any of the last 7 passwords you have used.

**[PASSWORD #2]{.underline}**

**MCI Access Manager (dial-up)**

**Username:** Same as your Internet email address, which is typically
your first name, middle initial, and last name with periods between
each, followed by "@aphis.usda.gov". For example,
"robert.t.spencer@aphis.usda.gov". The spelling of your name will match
how it is entered in the USDA Address Book in Lotus Notes.

**Initial Password:** Set by APHIS IT or ATAC. If you didn't receive
this password, call ATAC at 877-944-8457. The password they give you is
just temporary and should be changed ASAP.

**Password expires every 90 days.** You will get emails to remind you at
least 7 days before your password expires. [If you don't change it
before it expires, your account will be locked out]{.underline}, and you
will have to call ATAC at 877-944-8457 to get the password reset.

**How to change:**

1.  Go into Internet Explorer (you can use the icon by the start button
    that looks like a blue "e").

2.  Type [infoone.mci.com]{.underline} in the Address field near the
    top.

3.  When the MCI web page comes up, enter your current MCI username
    (login name) and password, and click Login.

4.  At the bottom of the page that comes up, enter your current password
    and new password in the fields provided (don't forget to type in
    your new password twice), then click OK.

**If your password expires** before you change it, **or if it stops
working or you forget it:** Call ATAC at 877-944-8457 to get the
password reset.

**Password rules:**

-   [is]{.underline} case-sensitive.

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-   must be at least 8 characters long.

-   must include at least one number.

**[PASSWORD #3]{.underline}**

**VPN Client**

**Username:** Usually your first initial of your first name (normally
your real name, not your nick name) followed by your entire last name,
all in lowercase -- for example, "rspencer" for Robert Spencer. May
include your middle initial also -- for example, "rtspencer" for Robert
T Spencer.

**Initial Password:** [p@ssw0rd]{.underline} (that's the number zero,
not the letter O)

This is just a temporary password which you'll have to change the first
time you log on.

**Password expires every 90 days.** You change the password
[after]{.underline} it expires. The computer won\'t tell you when your
password will expire, but as soon as it expires, you will be prompted to
provide a new password the next time you try to log in.

**How to change:** The computer will prompt you to change the password
once it has expired, and you just follow the instructions on the screen
to change it at that time. Unfortunately, you [cannot]{.underline}
change the password until it has expired.

**If your password stops working, or you get locked out, or you forget
it,** call your RCSP or MIS IT support person.

**Password rules:**

-   [is]{.underline} case-sensitive.

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-   must be at least 8 characters long.

-   must include at least one number [and]{.underline} at least one
    symbol or capital letter (not all symbols work, but all the ones
    above the number keys at the top of your keyboard should work) with
    the rest of the password being lowercase letters.

-   cannot be any of the last 7 passwords you have used.

-   cannot include your first or last name.

**[PASSWORD #4]{.underline}**

**Lotus Notes (E-mail)**

**Username:** Already pre-programmed into your computer.

**Initial Password:** [password]{.underline}

This is just a temporary password which you should change ASAP.

**Password needs to be changed every 90 days.** Lotus Notes will remind
you when the password is about to expire. [You have about a 2 week grace
period to change your password after it expires.]{.underline}

**How to change:**

1.  Go into the Lotus Notes program.

2.  Click on the "File" menu at top, and select "Tools", then select
    "User ID".

3.  Enter your current password.

4.  Click on "Set Password".

5.  Enter your [current]{.underline} password one more time.

6.  Now enter your new password.

7.  You will be asked to enter the new password again for verification.

8.  Click OK.

**If your password expires** before you change it, and it won't let you
change it because you are past the 2-week grace period, **or if your
password stops working or you forget it,** call ATAC at 877-944-8457 to
get the password reset.

**Password rules:**

-   [is]{.underline} case-sensitive.

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-   must be at least 8 characters long.

-   must include at least one number [and]{.underline} at least one
    symbol (not all symbols work, but all the ones above the number keys
    at the top of your keyboard should work) with the rest of the
    password being lowercase letters.

**[PASSWORD #5]{.underline}**

**MIS 2000**

More information will be forthcoming.

**[Optional Password -- "Internet password" for Lotus
Notes]{.underline}**

You can set up an "Internet password" for Lotus Notes so that you can
get to your email from any computer that has an Internet connection,
even if it doesn't have the Lotus Notes program on it. This password is
also used for several other things, including Sametime instant messaging
and also many online systems associated with Lotus Notes (including
QuickPlaces and other APHIS sites).

**Username:** Your Lotus Notes "short name". Usually your first initial,
middle initial, and your last name, up to a maximum of 8 letters -- for
example "rtspence" for Robert T Spencer. Often does not include middle
initial. Check your entry in the USDA Address Book to verify your Lotus
Notes "short name" as follows:

1.  Open the USDA Address Book in Lotus Notes. You can usually find this
    under "Favorites" or "Databases", which are on the left side of the
    Lotus Notes program window.

2.  Find your name. You can go to it quickly by typing your last name
    (just start typing it on the keyboard and a box will come up showing
    what you're typing).

3.  Double-click on your name.

4.  On the next screen, look for a field that says "Short name/User ID".
    That's your Lotus Notes "short name".

5.  You can now close this window, and close the USDA Address Book.

**Password:** You have to set this yourself.

**How to set or change your password:**

1.  Follow Steps 1 - 3 in the above instructions, except instead of
    left-clicking on the USDA Address Book icon (in Step 1), right-click
    it and then select "Open Replica" and then select
    "Mail01/INT/APHIS/USDA" (it may show a different number besides
    Mail01, but that's OK).

2.  Click the "Edit Person" button at the top.

3.  Enter the password you want into the field near the bottom labeled
    "Internet Password". If there's something already in that field (it
    will just look like garbage because it is encrypted), then you
    already have a password. So to replace the password, first delete
    what's in the field.

4.  Click the "Save & Close" button at the top.

5.  You can now close the USDA Address Book.

**This password never expires.**

**This password has no rules that I know of.**

**If you forget your password or it won't work, simply change it
yourself as described above.**