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Unplugging the internal human interface cables and relying solely on the external usb keyboard and mouse did not make any difference. Since this is a clean install of Windows 10 Home v 1809, there won't be anything among the startup entries that doesn't exist in other new installations. I did...

Yes, the onscreen keyboard works but it is quicker just to hit the Enter key three or four times until the "ok" button is gone and the password box appears. Once that box is on the screen, I can enter the password just fine.

Yeah, I was thinking a hardware issue but if it was a stuck key or something weird going on with the touchpad button then I would expect peculiar behaviour after logging in also, eg: random clicks or keypresses in a blank Notepad document. They don't happen. I wonder if it would throw an error...

Thanks, and yes it does happen. I should have tried that myself without being prompted - sorry.

Logically, this is a problem caused by some sort of rogue machine-generated mouse click or keypress at the point where login occurs. But it happens even if an external mouse and keyboard are used.

Aspire ES1-531 Win 10 Home 1809 (clean install). From boot, the login screen displays as "password incorrect please try again". If I hit Enter enough times, it eventually allows me to enter the password and things proceed as normal. It is a local account and there is only the one on the PC...