Apple ID - Log in

Out of the blue I got problems with my Mac Mini running on Mac OS X 10.4.8 and the Firefox browser: The font size has become miniscule but will change with a manual increase under View. Next my usual Apple ID is not recognized using my usual pass word. When I reset the password the apple ID is now my primary e-mail address which I know wasn't set by me originally.
So can anybody help me to understand what is going on?
Where should I start to set things up like I had them originally?

There is a default font size settable in the Preferences, "Content" tab.
Your Apple ID is always an email address. At least, it is for all areas except for Discussions. I assume you mean the rest of the Apple site.

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I understand that you are seeing an old email address signed into iCloud on your iOS device but cannot do anything with it because that email address is inactive. What you will need to do in this situation is go to the Apple ID website and temporality edit your current Apple ID / email address back to that old email address. It is ok that you no longer have that account, you will not need to verify it, just edit and change your current account back to the old one temporarily. Once the account is changed back to the old email address, sign out of iCloud on the iOS device and when prompted keep your information on the device. After you sign out on the iOS device, go back to the Apple ID website and edit the old account back to the correct one. Please use the following article as a reference.
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