Old Username won't go away and now I cannot update my Apps! What can I do?

When I synced my iPad 2 to my iTunes, it asked me to update the iPad to the new OS, which I did. Then it asked me to pick a username that had an email address. I already had a username from way back when I got my first iPod, but it was not an email address and the updated system would not accept it. I gave the email address that was associated with my account and the system continued on.
Once everything was updated, I went on my iPad and tried to update my apps. The window that popped up however had the "old" username, the one without an email address. I tried the password associated with that username, but it said that the password was wrong. I tried a few times until it got me to the forgot password screen. There, I used the send email authentication option, but I don't get an email to the address associated with that account. For the other option, the security question, it asks for my birth date and once I enter it, it says that the information does not match their records.
I have tried to sign out and re-sign with the new ID, I have visited the Apple store twice, spoke to somebody on the phone, nobody can solve this issue. At the store last night the "genius" re-setted it to factory settings and asked me to try to download a free app. When it asked for the password, the "new" ID, the one with the email address, popped up. I thought I was finally OK. But nope. When I synced the iPad with my iTunes stores to get all my apps previously purchached under the "old" username, the same problem persists.
PLEASE, Anyone has an idea on how to solve this?

I've been having the same problem for days and just solved it. Tried going to Apple ID and had all the same problems you did in the second paragraph. I signed out with my current username on the ipad under settings--->store and signed back in with my oldest apple id and password. Now the apps don't ask for a password to upgrade. I too had a username that wasn't an email address and had to change to one that was at some point. That's what caused the problems. Hope this can work for you.

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