Need to change username for app store

My wife has the original ipad with ios 5.0.1
Her username works fine for the itunes store, but when I go to the app store app on the ipad to upgrade her apps, which are up to 34 upgrades, a different username comes up and no password works with it. I tried syncing signed in and not with our computer numerous times. I don't see any way to change the username of the app store app. Tried going to Apple ID 3 times to recover a password for this username, it says it sent me a e-mail and I never get one. It's a very old username of mine before you needed a email address as a username.

It makes no sense to me that her ID works in the iTunes Store but it will not work on the App Store. The same ID should work on both stores - as long as she bought the apps with the ID that she uses in iTunes.
See what account is showing on the iPad in Settings>Store>Apple ID. If it is the wrong ID in there, tap - sign out and then sign in with the correct account.

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