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Faculty/Staff: Manage Your Password

To change a password, use the Password Manager tool. You will need to know your old password to change it.

If you've forgotten your password, you will need to create a new one using the Password Reset tool. The Reset tool will ask you for the answers to your three security questions. If you answer correctly, you can create your new password.

Manage your password at any time with the Three Questions Password Manager. These three security questions will allow you to change a password or reset a forgotten one.

Students: Forgot A Password?

Use myZou to reset your Mizzou username (PawPrint) password. The Mizzou username (Pawprint is used for on-campus technology resources (computing sites, Blackboard, etc.) Click the Forgot Your Password? link in myZou, then the Current Users button, and follow the instructions. (Be sure to remember it next time!)

Use the Windows Live Tool for resetting your Windows Live password. Windows Live ID and password is used to access Outlook Live e-mail and other Windows Live Features, this password is separate from your Mizzou username (PawPrint) password. It is highly recommended that you use a password different than your Mizzou username (PawPrint) password.

Choosing a Good Password

Choose a password that is easily memorized and hard to guess, and never share it with anyone. An easy way to choose a complicated, but easy to remember, password is to think of a phrase, song, poem or sentence and use the first letter from each word. For example:

"Christmas is on the 25th of December." = "Xms25thoD."

"I have owned my dog for 5 years!" = "Ihomdf5y!"

To ensure complexity, all passwords must have eight to 26 characters and include at least one character from at least three of the following:

Lowercase letters: a - z
Uppercase letters: A - Z
Digits: 0 - 9
Special characters: ? . , _ - ~ + = $ !

A password cannot:

Be a word found in the dictionary
Be the same as your PawPrint
Contain MU-related terms (tiger, Truman, Jesse, etc.)
Contain spaces or symbols other than the special characters above
Contain personal or directory information (Social Security number, employee ID, etc.)

Resource Account Passwords

If you are the owner of any resource accounts, use the Resource Account Password Manager tool to change your password(s). Note: use your personal PawPrint (not resource account name) to log in to this tool.

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