Microsoft Authenticator is asking me to authenticate using Microsoft Authenticator to use Microsoft Authenticator

Anonymous
2023-01-28T00:02:56+00:00

So first of all... Why is "microsoft Authenticator" not an option in the "Products" dropdown when choosing where this post should go? I'm just going to choose "Windows"... Sorry not sorry.

Also, I can't take a screenshot on the microsoft Authenticator app without it capturing a black image (thanks,) so here is an extremely low resolution webcam picture of my phone screen.

When I click "Passwords" section on the microsoft authenticator app, I see a button that says "Sign In".

So, I click the button, to sign in. Then, it asks me to authenticate using microsoft authenticator, but I am not signed in, and this is a "sensitive" page, so I have to enter the code displayed into microsoft authenticator, BUT I AM ON MICROSOFT AUTHENTICATOR ALREADY!!! Who designed this terrible app??? Cheap labor resources then you expect us to prefer microsoft edge over Chrome? LOL

Also, when I search my own question in "Bing", it doesn't come up, even if I type the title word for word. Does it go through some sort of not-mentioned approval process before my post becomes actually visible to the public, or is Bing just extremely bad at updating its search results in a timely manner?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Security and privacy

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-10T10:58:56+00:00

    Dear Rob Koch,

    Can you answer the original question from asdf? When we are trying to log into a Microsoft App including Microsoft Authenticator the app asks us to verify our account with Microsoft Authenticator. We are not able to log into Microsoft Authenticator because Microsoft Authenticator is asking us to authenticate through Microsoft Authenticator. Looks like we have tried to set up Authenticator but something is not correct.

    This explains my issue to a 'T'. Did any of those developers read Catch-22? I'd recommend it to them. Still not got a satisfactory solution to it and it's locked me out for a day, Again :-(

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-01T01:29:28+00:00

    This is what I am going through its absolutely mental and makes me deranged with rage

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-01T01:30:02+00:00

    this doesn't change anything

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-02T01:09:03+00:00

    I find MS a time consuming sign in so much so I give up in frustration.

    How can we fix this stuffing around. emails sent to my gmail account seem to never get to me .

    I am thinking I would be better off without all that MS stands fo

    Ken Hutt

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-21T14:16:31+00:00

    Actually there is a bigger caviat now ... the other options for authenticating are
    approve a request on microsoft authenticator

    inse4rt a verification code ( which open microsoft authenticator )

    so the account is basically stuck.

    PS: i never changed my phone or my numbver since i configured authenticator the first time but iwiped the phone once so probably the problem was that. The result is the same, it is poorly designed, full stop

    #fkffmicrosoft

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