Perhaps just change it temporarily to at least narrow down the problem?
This is the kind of thing that would keep me awake at night unti I knew exactly why it wasn't working as expected.
I'm exactly the same. I guess I'm a *need-to-know* kinda person.
Anyway, I went up to GigaNews and changed my password back & forth without any problems. Here is the info I used.
Change Password
When setting your password, there are a few rules to follow. First, your password must be between six and eight characters. Secondly, it must contain at least one special character (e.g. a number, exclamation point, or a hyphen). Finally, your password may
not begin with a hyphen (-). Your password is case-sensitive, so you are encouraged to use both uppercase and lowercase levels as this makes it harder to guess.
Since this page is on a secure server, your password is in no danger of being intercepted from this web form. Simply fill in the values below and click the "Change Password" button and your password is changed.
It may take up to 15 minutes to synchronize all servers with the new password, so you may need to login with your old password during that time period.
Since you said that your password works on another machine, but not on the current one, it may have something to do with one of your *weird* characters.
The password has weird characters in it too, brackets and the like. Maybe that makes a difference?
Sorry, I can't be more help.
Genepool