Activate Your Student Account

If you have never logged in or if your password has expired, you must change your password to activate your account. If you have not activated your account, you will not be able to access the online library databases.

New student accounts

New student accounts are created with the student’s date of birth (MMDDYYYY) as the initial password and the password is pre-expired. This means that a new student must change his password from his date of birth to a new password in order to activate his account.

Returning student accounts

Student account passwords for returning students are not reset. However, the life of a password is 160 days. This means that students are required to change their passwords every 160 days based on the date of their last password change. When you login in the labs or when you login to email, the system will warn you if your password is about to expire, or prompt you for a new password if your password has already expired. Students may also change their passwords earlier than 160 days if they wish.

How to Activate Your Account

Onsite at the UH-Victoria Campus

Passwords can be reset onsite by simply logging in on a computer in one of the labs. You will be prompted to enter a new password the first time you login each semester. Lab Assistants are on duty to assist you if necessary.

Remote Access

From off-campus, you must login to the Student Email Server to change your password. See Logging In via the Web for instructions.

Changing your password enables access to your student email and remote access to the library online databases.

See Also...

Logging in via the Web
Changing Your Password
Using POP3 Clients