What is my NetID username?
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To learn your NetID username and set your password please visit www.uwlax.edu/password and use the Activate option. For more information, or if you are having problems, please see below. Student NetID Usernames and Passwords NetID Username = first 8 characters of your last name (or your full last name if it is less than 8 characters long) followed by a period (.) then followed by the first four characters of your first name. Default Password = the last 4 digits of your UWL student ID number followed by your birth month (two digits) then followed by your birth date (two digits), and @UWL. Your UWL student ID number is also your username for WINGS; it is a 9 digit number that begins with an 8 or a 9. EXAMPLE Student Name: Jill Shannon NetID: shannon.jill UWL Student ID Number: 987654321 Birth Date: February 11, 1980 (02/11/1980) Your Password: 43210211@UWL Student Exceptions The following exceptions are for cases when the standard naming convention may not apply. Duplicate Names In cases of duplicate names -- where there is more than one person on campus with identical last and first names or where the first eight characters of the last names are identical as well as the first four of the first name -- the NetID will be the first eight letters of the last name, followed by a period (.), followed by the first three letters of the first name, then followed by a unique one digit number based on how many duplicates for that username exist. If there are more than nine duplicates of the same NetID, then, instead of using the first three characters of the first name, only the first two characters will be used along with a unique two digit number following it. NOTE: To eliminate confusion, NetIDs will never include the number one (1). EXAMPLE (Multiple persons on campus named Robert Smith.) 1st Robert Smith Login ID: smith.robe 2nd Robert Smith Login ID: smith.rob2 10th Robert Smith Login ID: smith.ro20 11th Robert Smith Login ID: smith.ro22 Hyphenated Last Names For hyphenated last names, the hyphen will be included unless the hyphen appears as the eighth character of the last name. In this case, the hyphen is dropped and only the first seven characters of the last name are used. EXAMPLE Name: Jennifer Brown-Olson Login ID: brown-ol.jenn Name: Melissa Jackson-Smith Login ID: jackson.meli Names with Spaces For those who have a space in their first names, that space will be ignored, and only the first four characters of the first name before the space will be used. EXAMPLE Name: Ann Marie Williams Login ID: william.ann Faculty/Staff NetID Usernames and Passwords NetID Username = first letter of your first name followed by your full last name. Default Password = the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number followed by your birth month (two digits) then followed by your birth date (two digits), and @UWL. EXAMPLE Faculty Name: Bill Winters NetID: bwinters Social Security Number: 123-45-6789 Birth Date: June 14, 1970 (06/14/1970) Your Password: 67890614@UWL Faculty/Staff Exceptions The following exceptions are for cases when the standard naming convention may not apply. Duplicate Names In cases of duplicate names -- where there is more than one person on campus with identical last and first names or where the first letter of the first name is identical as well as the last name -- the NetID will be the first letter of the first name, followed by the last name, then followed by a unique one digit number based on how many duplicates for that username exist. If there are more than nine duplicates of the same NetID, then, instead a unique two digit number will follow. NOTE: To eliminate confusion, NetIDs will never include the number one (1). EXAMPLE (Multiple persons on campus named Robert Smith.) 1st Robert Smith Login ID: rsmith 2nd Robert Smith Login ID: rsmith2 10th Robert Smith Login ID: rsmith20 11th Robert Smith Login ID: rsmith22 Hyphenated Last Names For hyphenated last names, the hyphen will be included. EXAMPLE Name: Jennifer Brown-Olson Login ID: jbrown-olson Names with Spaces For those who have a space in their last names, that space will be ignored. EXAMPLE Name: Cari Mathwig Ramseier Login ID: cmathwigramseier |