AppleID Reset Infinite Loop

So here's the deal.   I have an AppleID that is my corporate email address because it's a enterprise account for our SDK, AppleCare warranties an all.   It's not an iTunes account.    I haven't had to use it in a long while, and so of course forgot the password.   I'm using my personal iTunes account to post this question btw.
So I try to follow the AppleID password reset process.  I of course remember my birthday but cannot recall my favorite song when I first created this AppleID in 1999.  So I try the email reset path.
It doesn't work so I burn a lunch hour on the phone.   When I called Apple support I was able to verify accurately everything in the AppleID account over the phone except, of course, the password and favorite song.  But enough that the agent felt it was me and wanted to let me know that my email address has a typo, instead of .com it is entered as .con which is why email reset cannot work.   He said you cannot delete an AppleID.   And that the only option was guess the answer to the favorite song question to get the reset going.
So, email notification for password reset is a no go.   No clue why Apple would not just use the AppleID itself to email me the reset since it is my correct email.
And, so far, attempts at guessing the favorite song for the alternate reset path have been a no go for two weeks (8 hour breaks between each fail).
I need to get this ID back because it's for my company.   The ID is my only external public corporate email address.   Just asking if anyone from Apple support out there knows any alternatives out of this short of a few more weeks of trying to guess my favorite song entry from 11 years ago?    I'm somewhat surprised that support cannot correct a validated users extremely obvious email typo from .con to .com to avoid weeks of guess the answer.  

Hi F,
If it's new, you should probably work this through with AppleCare.
Until then, if it won't shut down by holding down the power button, I don't know what else you can do except disconnect the power adapter and wait for the batt to run down.
If it was out of warranty, I'd suggest removing the batt, but that may well cause warranty issues, so I recommend not doing it.

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              if(rVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
                   inputFile1 = chooser.getSelectedFile();
                   PrintWriter outputStream;
                   file1Name = inputFile1.getName();
                   enterLabel1.setText(file1Name);
    private class enterFile2Action implements ActionListener
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
              JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
              int rVal = chooser.showOpenDialog(enterFile1);
              if(rVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
                   inputFile2 = chooser.getSelectedFile();
                   PrintWriter outputStream;
                   file2Name = inputFile2.getName();
                   enterLabel2.setText(file2Name);
    } // end classAnd now the main class:
    * Main.java
    * Created on June 13, 2006, 2:29 PM
    * @author Danielle
    package micromerger;
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    import javax.swing.*;
    import java.io.*;
    public class Main
        /** Creates a new instance of Main */
        public Main()
         * @param args the command line arguments
        public static void main(String[] args)
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            //mainScreen.setVisible(true);
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             System.out.println("into main method");
         String file1Name = new String("");
             file1Name = MGui.get1Name();
         System.out.println("good so far- have MGui.get1Name()");
        }// end main(String[] args)
    }// end class Main

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    well, hopefully you get the picture.
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    here's what you do: get rid of the MGui constructor altogether. since it is the implicit constructor anyway, if it doesn't do anything, you don't need to provide it.
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        public void run() {
          MGui app = new MGui();
          app.createAndShowGUI();
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    - Adam

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