On the password, since you wrote it down, is it possible that you had the caps lock on then, or, perhaps, when you tried to use it again? Or, that you inadvertently capitalized it?

I read your application error post also. The error messages are beyond my knowledge. However, you might do well to either uninstall and reinstall Word from your original CD, or use the "Fix problems" from the same CD, and see if that solves at least that problem.