My hp pavilion desktop has stopped accepting my password.

I have been using the same password on my HP Pavilion a6140 since I bought it 5 years ago. Yesterday afternoon as soon as I typed the 5th letter of the password, it took me back to the log-on button. It was OK this morning - I got in as normal with my password. But on several attempts to log on this afternoon and despite shutting the PC off and on, the problem has re-occurred each time I enter the 5th letter. I currently have no access to my files etc.
I can get in via the 'guest' button but it will not allow me to switch user. Nor can I get into any settings changes because it prompts me for the administrator password. I am the administrator and as of now it will not accept my password. I do not recall ever being asked to create a password backup disk. I do have the original recovery disks.
Yesterday morning I had a sudden interruption while writing an email - some nonsense characters appeared on the email and Windows Media Player opened (I do not use WMP). It might have been a virus. If so, scans today by Norton and Malwarebytes have failed to detect it.
I use an HP PS/2 keyboard, which my PC tells me is working properly. Numbers and other keyboard locks are off.
UPDATE: While writing this message on a notebook computer, I noticed my PC had frozen. I could turn it off only at the electric socket. On turning it back on, it has accepted my password..... Any ideas?! Thanks.

I was in ther middle of replying yesterday telling you I had successfully logged in twice more, when it happened again. Words I had been writing became nonsense characters and a pop-up for Windows Media Player appeared.
I did a system restore to a point 3 days before the problem first appeared. When I tried to log in afterwards, I entered the 5th letter of my password and it did not allow me to go further. It took me back to the log-in icons. Exactly as before. Then I did a full scan on Malwarebytes, which found nothing. Still the same result when trying to log in.
No change this morning. I find I can get in via the (non-password-protected) guest icon but on trying to access my gmail, I find the 12th letter takes me back to the Google home screen, with nonsense letters on the search line. I can get into another Google account, with a different password.
The 5th & 12th letters are the same, a "w". A keyboard malfunction? However a Control Panel check (Windows Vista) tells me the keyboard is working properly. The problem appears also to be intermittent. And it seems odd that pressing the w could have these effects, including nonsense characters and opening Windows Media Player.
I am grateful for your help. Further thoughts please!

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