Repost: Changing Your Network Password on a Macbook

If you are a Macbook user looking to change your network password, this post will show you the preferred way to change your password to AVOID KEYCHAIN ISSUES.  Unfortunately, there is a known issue when passwords are tied to an active directory (which ours is) that Apple is working on. Hopefully in future OS X releases this will be fixed and not a concern. In the meantime, if  you currently follow other methods to change your password on a macbook, you run the risk of keychain request pop ups.  (I will be providing details on how to reset your keychain password in a subsequent post titled "Macbook: Keychain Issues After Changing Your Network Password" for those of you whose password expired or you changed the password via another method and run into the keychain pop up):

1. Ensure you are onsite at one of our buildings
2. Launch your system preferences
3. Select users and groups
4. Select change password
5. Type in your old password
6. Type in a new password
7. Type your new password in again in the verify field
8. Select change password