Whenever you refresh password page, you have to make sure you remove the /password from the url. Otherwise, you won't get access to the site. Was able to secure my 10.5 after a few reattempts of that awful box captcha.
I have. There's usually a link closer to launch and be prepared for like 3 separate queues. One to get to product, one after adding to cart, and another before entering payment info.