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How to change your VPS Remote Desktop password

In order to change your VPS Remote Desktop Password :

  1. Login to your Client Area
  2. Click on the Server or VPS that you want to change your password


  3. On VPS Managment Panel click on Change Password Tab


  4. Once you are ready, enter your password and confirm it. Make sure that strength indicator is in green area.
  5. Click on Save Changes and wait for page to reload.
  6. You are redirected to the same page but on Manage Tab. Now you should click on Restart Button VPS Restart  and wait.
  7. You will see loading icon instead of restart button meaning that your command is executing, wait until confirmation.
  8. After the VPS Restart action is complete, you will receive a pop-up with the message :
    The VPS was restarted successfully
  9. Wait for your VPS to boot up and change your password. This process may take up to 5 minutes.
  10. Try connecting to your VPS trough Remote Desktop Connection.
    If you want you can track your VPS restart progress trough VNC Console.


Password must meet complexity requirements :

  • Uppercase letters of European languages (A through Z, with diacritic marks, Greek and Cyrillic characters)
  • Lowercase letters of European languages (a through z, sharp-s, with diacritic marks, Greek and Cyrillic characters)
  • Base 10 digits (0 through 9)
  • Non-alphanumeric characters (special characters): (~!@#$%^&*_-+=`|\(){}[]:;"'<>,.?/) Currency symbols such as the Euro or British Pound are not counted as special characters for this policy setting.
  • Any Unicode character that is categorized as an alphabetic character but is not uppercase or lowercase. This includes Unicode characters from Asian languages.
  • Please don't use any bad password combinations like your email, pass123, 123456, mypassword, password that contails your name or nickname etc.

If you don't have any idea about random complex password then please use Online Generator like Last Pass Generator

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