Yes, you go into your account, into the backup codes section and you can generate new ones.is there a way to get more codes? every time i try to use authenticator it tells me there is a problem with the code i have entered
You use one of your backup codes, go into the 2FA settings in your account, disable 2FA and then enable it again.I changed phones and my OCUK account didnt carry over to the MS authenticator. How do I add it back in, as it asks to scan a QR code or enter a code manually?
Brilliant, thank youYou use one of your backup codes, go into the 2FA settings in your account, disable 2FA and then enable it again.
It is set to 90 days. It was originally 30, we increased it.The session needing to re-auth with 2FA here every 30 days is too annoying, most services have a 90 or 120 day timeout which is much more sensible.
I can’t. I know for a fact that I only get them every 90 days because after it was changed, I started making a note of the date I get prompted so I could confirm the change had worked. I absolutely only get asked for my 2FA every 90 days.Then how do you explain the monthly prompts!
Yeah, sorry about that…Despite the sodding great notice that gets refreshed from time to time which points to this thread, we still get regular requests from members who have not saved their backup codes. And not only that, many of them have read this thread but still not saved them.
Do yourself a favour, do what we suggest. Take a copy of your backup codes.
Also check your DoB. If you need to recover your account and you can't tell us what your DoB is, you won't be getting your account back.
While you're at it, check your email address as well and make sure it's up to date. The same thing applies. If you can't tell us what it is, you're not getting your account back.
But of course, if you have your backup codes saved, you won't need to recover it
It takes a few seconds, four times a year.Every 90 days this requirement for a confirmation code is such a needless bit of admin. Like, why? It's only my forum account.
Per deviceIt takes a few seconds, four times a year.
It takes a few seconds, four times a year.