Updating and Selecting Secure Passwords

Why Passwords

Passwords are required to keep accounts and info limited to only those that should have access; however, weak (bad) passwords can compromise this by making the accounts easier to access via brute force cracking or using rainbow tables, that of course being undesirable.

What Makes a Good Password

A good password should be: complex, long, and easy to remember.

• Complex (Character Classes)
  • Letters
  • Numbers
  • Symbols
  • Emojis 🤷‍♂️
• Long
  • 10+ letters long
• Easy to remember
  • So you can type it in more naturally and so you don't resort to poor practices like writing it on a sticky note.

Setting a Users Passwords

Often times you will see an account with a weak password in the readme, you will get points for changing it to something more secure. (do NOT change the password of the account you are logged in as)

GUI

1. Open "Computer Management"
2. Navigate to "Local Users and Groups" then "Users"
3. Check the ReadMe, any users who have passwords that are not secure, or do not follow the instructions set right click on their name and select set password
4. Change the password of the selected, write down the new password on a sheet of paper, or on a notepad on your mobile.

Command line

1. Quit explorer.exe.
2. Open Command Prompt.
3. Navigate to C:\WINDOWS\system32.
4. Enter the following command: runas /user:*computer name\*account name explorer.exe.