Recover or Reset a Password

Last Updated: 12/03/2015 Introduced in Verision: 2.0

When a user chooses to recover a password, the system mails the user’s current password to the email address associated with the user account. When a user chooses to reset a password, the system generates a random password and sends it to the email address associated with the account.

Recover or reset a password by clicking the Forgot password? link on the Login screen, selecting from the options, and clicking Submit.

After logging in with a recovered or reset password, a user should change the password,

 

Example

In the example, select the option to recover a password, then to reset a password. Then log in to the portal with the password.

Recover Password

To begin, click the Forgot Password? link on the Login screen.
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In the Password Assistance pop-up, enter the user name, in the form of an email address, in the Username field.

 

To recover the password, select Send me current password and click Submit.

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The system sends an email to the email address entered in the Username field. The email contains the password associated with the account along with a reminder to change the password after logging in. 

Access the email, obtain the password, then return to the Password Assistance pop-up.  Click the link Click here to go to the Login page.

 
Enter the credentials to log in.
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Reset Password

To reset the password, click the Forgot Password? link on the Login screen.

In the Password Assistance pop-up, enter the user name, in the form of an email address, in the Username field.

 

To reset the password, we select Reset the password and click Submit.

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The system randomly generates a password, then resets the password associated with the account. The system sends an email to the email address entered in the Username field. The email contains the reset password along with a reminder to change the password after logging in.

 

We access the email, obtain the password, then return to the Password Assistance pop-up. Click the link Click here to go to the Login page.

Enter the new credentials to log in.
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