Change Your Smart Card PIN

You should change your smart card PIN regularly to make sure that you are the only person accessing your smart card.

ActivClient includes a smart card mini driver that enables you to change your smart card PIN directly from the Microsoft Windows user interface.

Note: Your workstation must be part of a domain.

  1. From your Microsoft Windows desktop, press Ctrl+Alt+Del.

  1. Select Change a password.

  • If the Smart card PIN Change dialog is displayed:

    1. Enter your old PIN code and then enter and confirm your new PIN code.

    2. Click the arrow button to apply the change.

    Note: Use a PIN that complies with the PIN rules in place in your deployment.

  • If the Change a password dialog is displayed:

    1. Select either Sign-in options or Other credentials (depending on your system).

    2. Select the smart card tile.

    3. Enter your old PIN code and then enter and confirm your new PIN code.

    4. Click the arrow button to apply the change.

    Note: Use a PIN that complies with the PIN rules in place in your deployment.