{"id":24946,"date":"2025-03-27T13:15:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/?page_id=24946"},"modified":"2025-03-27T13:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:15:26","slug":"login-and-password-management-for-windows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/login-and-password-management-for-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Login and Password Management (for Windows)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Login and Password<\/h2>\n<h3>Login Instructions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Press <strong>Ctrl + Alt + Delete<\/strong> on your keyboard. On the login screen, press Ctrl + Alt + Delete on your keyboard to proceed to the sign-in page.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/08\/image3-1.png\" alt=\"windows login screen\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2: <\/strong>Enter your username (Montclair NetID) and Password.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/08\/image2-1.png\" alt=\"windows login screen with username and password prompt\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Access your desktop by selecting <strong>Enter\u00a0<\/strong>or by <strong>clicking the arrow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you experience any issues, please contact the IT support team at <a href=\"mailto:itservicedesk@montclair.edu\">itservicedesk@montclair.edu<\/a> or by calling <a href=\"tel:9736557971\">973-655-7971<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Password Management<\/h3>\n<p>Go to the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/iams-amc.montclair.edu\/page-intro\" target=\"_blank\">AMC (Account Management Center) page<\/a> to manage your password. If you experience any issues, please contact the IT support team at <a href=\"mailto:itservicedesk@montclair.edu\">itservicedesk@montclair.edu<\/a> or by calling <a href=\"tel:9736557971\">973-655-7971<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>VPN Access Before Login<\/h2>\n<p>In rare cases a user may need to access the campus network prior to logging on to the computer. To do so a user will need to start the VPN connection to the campus network as detailed below. This feature is standard on all University provisioned Windows laptops. If you do not have a VPN account please submit a request via ServiceNow or call the IT Service Desk to request one.<\/p>\n<p><em>* Please make sure that you have a MSU VPN account. If you do not have one, call the MSU Service desk to submit a request to have one created.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note to international travelers:<\/strong> Access may be restricted based on country.<\/p>\n<p>To access the VPN, go to login page and hit <strong>Ctrl + Alt + Delete<\/strong> to bring up the log on prompt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/08\/image3-1.png\" alt=\"windows login screen\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then look to the bottom right hand corner of the screen and select the VPN icon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/08\/vpn.jpg\" alt=\"login screen with vpn icon highlighted\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you see the VPN prompt appear, if necessary, type into the white box <strong>VPN.MONTCLAIR.EDU<\/strong> for the connection you need and select connect.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/information-technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/08\/image3-2.png\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/information-technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/08\/image3-2.png.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"vpn promp\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Another prompt will appear asking for your information. Please be sure that you have your DUO account setup correctly. Enter the following information in the text boxes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GROUP:<\/strong> Select \u201cCampus\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>USERNAME:<\/strong> &lt;Your NetID username&gt;<br \/>\n<strong>PASSWORD:<\/strong> &lt;Your NetID password&gt;<br \/>\n<strong>SECOND PASSWORD:<\/strong> type <strong>PUSH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then select OK.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/information-technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/08\/image1-1.png\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/information-technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2024\/08\/image1-1.png.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"VPN textbox prompts\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Now you are connected to the Montclair Campus Network and you should be able to log on to your machine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Login and Password Login Instructions Step 1: Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete on your keyboard. On the login screen, press Ctrl + Alt + Delete on your keyboard to proceed to the sign-in page. Step 2: Enter your username (Montclair NetID) and Password. Step 3: Access your desktop by selecting Enter\u00a0or by clicking the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":368,"featured_media":24950,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24946","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/368"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24946"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25339,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24946\/revisions\/25339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}