Question Can't login to GFE or use ShadowPlay, Nvidia security challenge identity verification email not sent?

Yeah I'm seeing others talk about it on other forums, one linked to an article PCGamer did about it. I finally got a verification email sent today, but as it applied to a login I did yesterday, it didn't work. I reinstalled the new 528.02 driver though and got an email right away and the link verified fine. Hopefully this problem is finally resolved.
 
It seems GFE is still having problems. The reason I was trying to install the newest driver before in the first place was the ShadowPlay status indicator was not showing onscreen like it does sometimes, and when that is the case despite ShadowPlay being turned on, I get no capture file writing when I hit the Instant Replay key.

So I resorted to turning Privacy Control off to see if the status indicator would show on the desktop, and it did, and showed in game too. I captured the segment I wanted to and it checked out fine when I watched it, however when I exited game, the status indicator was no longer showing on the desktop.

Then I went into ShadowPlay and turned Privacy Control back on, then off again, and now it's showing. Nvidia needs to sort this out because this has been another ongoing problem for a LONG time.
 
Nov 6, 2024
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If you’re having trouble logging into GFE or using ShadowPlay, and that Nvidia security challenge email just won’t show up, it might be worth checking your spam folder first, just in case it’s hiding there. Another thing you can try is going to the Nvidia identity validation api page and running through the process again. Sometimes, restarting your PC or router can also help with these kinds of issues. If that doesn’t work, try uninstalling and reinstalling the GFE app or resetting your Nvidia account password to see if that shakes things loose.
 
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Nothing was in spam, and I find Nvidia even on their own forums do not respond even when there are numerous people there mentioning the same problems they're having. Once in a blue moon something gets fixed in a driver version, but they rarely acknowledge on the forum or in driver notes widespread problems with their coding were happening.

The solution? I switched to OBS, screw Nvidia's arrogance, and I worry it will only get worse now that AMD have declared they don't intend to compete anymore in the high end desktop GPU market.