microsoft authenticator application for windows 10

Someone with an IP-address from California (around Los Angeles) tried to make me approve a login-request. Has anyone managed to figure out how to have a password AND the authenticator? I want both. Except I have: Passwordless account: OFFīut hang on, if 'passwordless account' is OFF, why am I not being asked for a password ever? It seems that by having the Microsoft Authenticator, passwordless is automatically enabled. I also logged into my account on a browser, went into advanced security options, and the screen under 'Additional security' looks like the one on the microsoft page about the passwordless future.

I have looked at options on the authenticator app, and found no way to disable passwordless login and instead have a true two-factor authentication. Instead, I am getting random notifications on my phone, from people around the world trying to access my account. If, and only if, that password is correct, the Microsoft Authenticator then should prompt me to approve the sign-in request in the Authenticator app. What I want when anyone, including myself, tries to log into my Microsoft Account, is for the system to first require a password. There are a several Microsoft forum posts on this, such as Microsoft Authenticator: turn off passwordless sign in, and others referencing Azure which is not applicable here, but I have not seen any solution yet.

Microsoft authenticator application for windows 10