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<blockquote data-quote="forgottenuser79643" data-source="post: 942252" data-attributes="member: 88069"><p>Once you get access to your account, go to your Microsoft account settings -> security -> advanced security options -> setup additional security options according to your preference. I have personally always enabled 2FA, but aside from that you can set up a backup email address as well as the option to generate a recovery code (bottom of the page). Can't figure out for the life of me, why they don't do that by default upon enabling any advanced security option beyond just the password...</p><p></p><p>The recovery code is just <strong>a single string</strong> of randomly-generated-somethings. Similar to how you would normally get backup codes for setting up a 2FA application. Keep a copy of that safe and stored away from your computer.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]257862[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="forgottenuser79643, post: 942252, member: 88069"] Once you get access to your account, go to your Microsoft account settings -> security -> advanced security options -> setup additional security options according to your preference. I have personally always enabled 2FA, but aside from that you can set up a backup email address as well as the option to generate a recovery code (bottom of the page). Can't figure out for the life of me, why they don't do that by default upon enabling any advanced security option beyond just the password... The recovery code is just [B]a single string[/B] of randomly-generated-somethings. Similar to how you would normally get backup codes for setting up a 2FA application. Keep a copy of that safe and stored away from your computer. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1620510159883.png"]257862[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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