Hum,
that reminded of a time not so long ago that i used to half type my password and `cut & paste` the other half from a text file....
(to get around key loggers and memory/clipboard reader hacks...)
So is it possible to paste the password into IE?
Also i would find any .pwl files and rename them, and restart again...
Whoops, .pwl is for 98/me
.sam is for XP
Maybe of interest - link: