Step 1:

Open a browser and go to myaccount.hs.uci.edu. Enter your UCInetID then click Continue.

Step 2:

Select HS Password.
Enter your temporary password –
your year of birth (YYYY),
followed by the first letter of your first name in uppercase,
followed by the first letter of your last name in lowercase, followed by your birth month (MM).
Then click Log in.

For example, Peter Anteater whose birthday is May 1975, would have a temporary password of 1975Pa05.

Step 3:

After logging in, you will immediately be asked to select your HS Security Questions. These are used to allow you to log in if you forget your password. Select your questions from the drop downs, Answer and Confirm to the questions and then click Update.
(Only two are required, the third is optional.)

Step 4:

Once you have completed your security questions, the final step will be to change your temporary password. From the Portal menu, select Change passwords.

Step 5:

Enter a New password that meets the listed requirements; enter the same password in the Confirm box, and then select Change passwords to save your new password.

*Ensure that both UCInetID and HS check boxes are checked.

Step 6:

Click on the home icon.

Step 7:

Click on View and update profile.

Step 8:

Click on Update attributes.

Step 9:

Enter cell phone number in Mobile phone number field and “Yes” for Mobile phone provider. Click Submit.

Step 10:

Exit the Self-Service Password Manager by selecting Logout from the drop-down menu under your name in the top right.

Step 11:

To verify proper setup, attempt to log into the Password Manager Portal with your new password.

Forgotten password:  Notice that you also have the option to answer your security questions or send a text message to your cell phone number.