Either way, you could suffer loss of valuable school work or the embarrassment of having a prank message sent from your account. When you shutdown Windows, you will be automatically logged out of the network. To logout, and continue working in Windows, double-click on the Network Neighborhood icon. You will now be logged out of the network Network Neighborhood Screen Changing your password You may want to change your password to something that is easier for you to remember than the password which was originally assigned to you. You might also want to change your password if you suspect that someone else knows your password.
Longer passwords are harder for other people to guess, but also harder to type.
A password of 6-8 characters is usually sufficient. If you are not a fast typist, try to make a password which is easy for you to type. The faster you type the password the less likely that an observer can figure it out. Passwords may contain letters and numbers. A password with some numbers in it is usually harder to guess.