Passwords

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Changing Your Password

If you do not know your current password, you may call the Help Desk at 973-720-4357 and request their password be changed. Hours of operation are:

Regular Work Day Schedule

  • Monday–Thursday: 8:30AM-10:00PM
  • Friday: 8:30AM-6:00PM
  • Saturday: 9:00AM-5:00PM
  • Sunday: On-call phone support (Priority issues left by voicemail will receive a call back within 4 hours)

Changing your account password will affect devices and applications that you use to access William Paterson services like email. For example, if you sync your email to an iPhone, you will need to update the password on that device.

Students

Password changes take roughly five minutes to propagate through all WPUNJ services like Microsoft Office 365 and email.

  1. Login to WPConnect
  2. Click "Click Here to Change Password"
  3. Follow the instructions

Faculty and Staff

Password Requirements

  • Passwords cannot contain the user's account name or parts of the user's full name that exceed two consecutive characters.
  • Passwords must be at least six characters in length. Passwords must contain characters from at least three of the following four categories:
    • English uppercase alphabet characters (A–Z)
    • English lowercase alphabet characters (a–z)
    • Base 10 digits (0–9)
    • Non-alphanumeric characters (for example, !$#,%)