Windows 10: adding an existing child accnt to a PC

Discus and support adding an existing child accnt to a PC in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; I have 3 child accounts, I am attempting to add to a PC. I was able to make local accounts for them but every time I try to log them into their... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by mailmannation86, Feb 26, 2020.

  1. adding an existing child accnt to a PC


    I have 3 child accounts, I am attempting to add to a PC.
    I was able to make local accounts for them but every time I try to log them into their Microsoft account it says that It cant.
    I have tried making accounts from the parent profile but it fails with no explanation.

    :)
     
    mailmannation86, Feb 26, 2020
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  2. adding an existing account to family as a child

    I am trying to add an existing account to my family as a child account. I have gotten as far as sending an invitation to his gmail account, and he has logged on and accepted the invitation. Now the problem. On one computer screen, it now lists him as
    a child in the family, but on another screen at the same time, it says that the status in pending until he accepts the invitation to join. Until this is resolved, I cannot set parental controls. Any ideas? I have already waited about an hour for the screens
    to sync.
     
    JenGregory, Feb 26, 2020
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  3. Nikhar_K Win User
    Adding an existing family account child to a new laptop

    Hi Amy,

    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

    As you have mentioned that your child’s account is already linked to Microsoft Family, you can add your child’s account to your laptop by following the steps from the section
    Add an existing child account on your PC to your family from the article

    Add members to your Microsoft family.

    However, for additional information refer to the article
    Set up accounts
    .

    Hope it helps.

    Nikhar Khare

    Microsoft Community – Moderator
     
    Nikhar_K, Feb 26, 2020
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  4. Jan123 Win User

    adding an existing child accnt to a PC

    Child Account Get Greyed Out


    Thanks for the suggestion, but I did the following instead.

    I have another laptop, 2 weeks old, with Windows 10 Home on it.

    On that one, I tried the same steps with the child account, and got the exact same results.
     
    Jan123, Feb 26, 2020
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