System prefs .mac trouble

Kind of wierd....
When I open system prefs and click on the .mac area. My name is right but the password is wrong. When I change the password and hit enter it changes to the correct amount of dots hiding the password. However if I click on advanced or something it instantly changes the password back to whatever and has login troubles. I go back to the window with the username and password and its not the correct password (has way to many letters) as expected.
How can I get it to delete the old (although not created by me) password and hold the new password in this area so it will sync properly. Thanks!

Hello John.
This is a security feature - more dots are shown than text and/or numbers entered for the correct password and doesn't mean your password has been changed.
If this is an existing password, you can't change your .Mac account password from the .Mac System Preferences.
Can you access your .Mac account information via the .Mac website?

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