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For this reason, we recommend you change your EID password when you have the time to save your work, log out, and leave your computer for a little while. For example, you can change your password before you leave for a meeting, before you go to lunch, or when you leave for the day. When you return to your computer , log in using your new EID password. This is only a suggestion to minimize interruptions, though. It is not required. You may continue to use your computer right after you change your password, but you may begin to receive notices that you need to log out and log back in or that your email or some other network application is having trouble connecting. You can wait until that time if you like and then log out of your computer and log back in.
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