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Password Policies for Argus Hospitality

Creation date: 4/9/2019 1:11 PM    Updated: 7/27/2026 8:47 AM   change password password password guidlines password rules
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Password Policies for Argus Hospitality
The rules — and the trick that makes a strong password easy to remember.
🔑  The rules
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Your password must be 13 characters long.
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It must include uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and special characters ( ) & ^ % $ # @ ! *
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Spaces are allowed — and they're the trick. See the passphrase tip below.
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Five wrong entries locks the computer for 15 minutes.
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Passwords must be changed every 90 days.
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Your last 10 passwords are remembered and can't be reused until you've cycled through 10 others.
💡  Make it a passphrase
Because spaces are allowed, the easiest strong password is a short sentence:
My dog is 6 years old.
That follows every rule above — length, cases, number, special character (the period) — and you'll actually remember it.
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Locked out? Don't call — wait
If you're locked out, please don't call IT to unlock it. Go for a coffee, do something else — the lock clears itself in 15 minutes. Then type the password in very slowly. It should work. And the cold hard truth: if the computer isn't accepting your password, you're entering it wrong. Sorry.
🎓  About that high-school password
With 10 remembered passwords and a 90-day cycle, it would take roughly 900 days to legally reuse that really great password you've had since high school. Time to dump beerrulz1234! and leave high school behind.
ArgusIT KB# 10005 · Tags: password · change password · password rules · password guidelines
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