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How to Get, Change, or Check a Network Username and Password

Summary: Find out how to get, change, or check your network username and password.

Note: Your username is usually the first part of your UCSD e-mail address before the @ symbol. To change or check your username, contact your system administrator or the ACT Help Desk.

You want to		What to do
1	Get a network username and password	If your department has a system administrator who handles network services: Contact your department system administrator or computer support staff to request a UCSD network username and password. If your department doesn't have a system administrator who handles network services: Visit the combined ACS/ ACT Help Desk, Room 1313 of the Applied Physics and Mathematics (AP&M) building (map), 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., weekdays. Bring either your UCSD picture ID or your driver's license and a letter on UCSD letterhead confirming your position.
2	Change your network password	To change your password, complete this online form (you must know your username and password).
3	Check your network password	To check your password, complete this online form (you must know your username).

Questions? Contact the ACT Help Desk, (858) 534-1853, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. weekdays, or visit the ACS/ ACT Help Desk in person at AP&M 1313 (map), 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., weekdays.