-Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit, Administrator account
Previously, my password stopped being a valid entry to login to my Windows 7 user account. I didn't change it. Possibly a memory error, but I really don't know. To band-aid the issue, I used Konboot to remove the password and I now have access to this account by just hitting the Enter key instead of entering a password. But, this is of course no good as I would prefer to have a password.
When I attempt to create a password for this account, Control Panel tells me that, "The password you typed is incorrect. Please retype your current password." There is no option to enter the old password before I enter a new one in this menu, as the menu is "Create a password for your account," not "Change your password."
Why/how could this have happened?
Answer
Coming back after some time:
The only functional way I was able to change my password was Ctrl + Alt + Del -> New Password, so it's a bit embarrassing that I didn't think of that before. It certainly did not work from the Manage Users.
Re-installing Windows 7 removed this memory error.
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