How Many Passwords Will I Have?

• Your NetID password
• Your EnterpriseID password
• Your CITES Express Email password
• Your Active Directory password (used for CITES NetFiles)
• Your ICS computing lab password

But You Really Need Only Two Passwords

Although each of the above passwords is set independently, you can set some of them to be the same.

We recommend creating two passwords:

• Use one password for your NetID and EnterpriseID.
• Use the other for Express Email, Active Directory, and the campus computing labs.

To change many of your passwords, go to the CITES Password Manager.

For tips on how to create passwords that are easy to remember but hard for others to guess, go to the Tips for Creating and Protecting Your Passwords page.

Suggestion: Use PasswordVault to Keep All Your Passwords in One Secure Location

We realize that you might have a lot of passwords to remember while a student at Illinois, so CITES suggests using PasswordVault to make remembering them easier. PasswordVault is a program that securely stores all of your passwords on your computer.

PasswordVault can store passwords related to your University computing accounts in addition to other passwords you choose to store, such as personal banking accounts. No matter how many passwords you store, you need to remember only your master password to access all of them.

PasswordVault and PasswordVault2Go (which stores your passwords on a portable USB flash drive) can be downloaded from the Software WebStore at no cost. You'll need your NetID and NetID password to order software from the Software WebStore.

For more information about PasswordVault, go to the PasswordVault page.