Hi All,


What does the Facebook recovery code do: let you change your password or 
give you your existing password?


I don't use Facebook very often for lots of reasons. One of them is that 
I tend to forget my password, so signing in results in lots of wasted 
time and accompanying frustration. Not good for something that is 
supposed to be fun.


A few months ago, I changed my FB password yet again and logged into the 
FB app on my phone. This afternoon, while I was on my computer, I 
received one of those emails that says someone updated his status, so I 
tried to go into Facebook to read the new status from my computer. 
Again, I had trouble signing in.


Originally, I thought the problem was that I was misremembering my 
latest password. Later I realized that some of my difficulties stemmed 
from my screen reader (i.e., Jaws) reporting the user name box as blank 
when I used up/down-arrow and say line, so I kept adding text to a field 
that already had text, thus entering an incorrect user name.


By the time I figured this out, Facebook decided I had too many failed 
attempts and sent me an email with a recovery code and a link to reset 
my password. The way the email is written, it sounds like the recovery 
code does the same as the change password link, but they're presented as 
two separate options.


I'd really rather not change my password again. Would the recovery code 
let me verify my old password and keep using it? If no, is there some 
other way to get my old password and stay with it? I'm 99% sure I'm 
right about the password, but want to be sure for when I try again.


Thanks for any help.


Ciao


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