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Need advice on Facebook

daisy4 — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:14:00 GMT

Ever since Meta was ordered to pay 17 billion dollars to keep children safe I have had a problem signing in to Facebook. I have 2 devices - a laptop and a desktop. When I try to sign in to Facebook on my laptop I get a screen that I must sign in on another device, and if I don't have another device they can't help me! They give me a code number to put in on the desktop. That means I have to go down to the basement and sign in on the desktop first. Then I need to put in the code number and the laptop upstairs comes on. This is becoming a problem since I have to go up and down 2 flights of stairs to do this. I am a senior citizen so going up and down the stairs wears me out. This has been happening for the last 3 days. Today it happened 3 times! Most of my family work with computers, but they don't know what to do. I have gone through all the preferences on Facebook , but can't find a solution. Anyone else having this problem?

Re: Need advice on Facebook

Tori3569 — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:37:22 GMT

I ran your post through google AI and got these solutions

Re: Need advice on Facebook

shoekitty — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:43:12 GMT

@daisy4 one of my pet peeves. Signing in with codes! Can't you take laptop with you, and sign in when you are upstairs? I don't know what device you have, but can you sync the devices? I have mini iPad, larger IPad, and my phone. They are all synced. I have my phone with me, so I check though that. It is a pain. American Express, and health group app have started this. Amex is really bad, the process is so redundant. New safety features I guess. I defriended myself from Facebook years ago, lol lol. I do without it.

Re: Need advice on Facebook

CalmInHeart — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:58:21 GMT

I'm having issues too. I can't post to friends' pages or comments. It freezes up on me. I'm about as far as one can get from being underage.

Re: Need advice on Facebook

daisy4 — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:24:05 GMT

@Tori3569 wrote:
I ran your post through google AI and got these solutions

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question. I will definitely try your suggestions!

Re: Need advice on Facebook

daisy4 — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:26:58 GMT

@shoekitty wrote:
@daisy4 one of my pet peeves. Signing in with codes! Can't you take laptop with you, and sign in when you are upstairs?

I did think of carrying the laptop downstairs. I tried it but there is a problem. I am a senior citizen and I need to hold the railing when I go up and downstairs. That was difficult while carrying the laptop.

Re: Need advice on Facebook

shoekitty — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:53:19 GMT

@daisy4 ..I hear you about holding on to rail. I have mobility issues, and can't get up stairs. We installed stair master, saved my life at this 2 story home of 40 yrs. But even then I mke sure I always have pockets or a small tote because...once I come downstairs I don't go back til evening. I bring my laptop, meds, and a few things down every morning. It is near impossible to hold all these things and get out of stairmaster chair.. to grap walker lol. How is it I never thought of these things when I was young? lol! Probably because I thought once I got older, how bad could it be? Wrinkles? Arthritis? Who knew, lol!