Monday, November 18, 2013

Steps To Change The Password Of An Email Account In Outlook 2003

Microsoft Outlook 2003 is an email manager program released by Microsoft for helping users to manage their emails securely and efficiently. Follow the simple instructions given below for changing the password of your email in Outlook 2003.

Instructions

  • Open the Outlook program by double clicking on its shortcut icon present in the desktop. If you cannot find a shortcut icon of the Outlook program in the desktop, you can launch the program by clicking on its icon found in the Microsoft Office folder under the All Programs option in Start menu. 
  • When the application window opens, click on the Tools menu found in the menu bar located at the top of the application and then select the Email Accounts option from the drop down menu. 
  • Now click on the E-mail tab and then click on the button named View or change existing e-mail accounts for viewing email in Outlook. 
  • Now click on the Next button for continuing the process. 
  • Choose the email account with the password you would like to make visible by highlighting the email. Now look for the button named Change and then click on it when found. 
  • You will be able to see the password details for the present email account. Look for the Logon Information field and then look for the Password field found under the Logon Information field. 
  • For security reasons, the password will shown by an asterisk symbol in the textbox for displaying the password. If the passwords were displayed, then anyone passing near would be able to read it and could easily access your account. So the Outlook program displays passwords as asterisk symbols or in some program versions as bold dots. 
  • For changing the existing password, click on the text box, then enter a new password in that field, and then click on the Next button for saving the new password in Outlook. 
  • In the next page that appears on the screen, you would be able to see a button named Finish, click on it for completing the configuration setup.

If you follow the simple instructions given above, you will be able to change the password of your email account easily with the Outlook 2003 program. If you are not able to change the password, then feel free to contact the Outlook support team.

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