Windows 10: Application requiring approval from a family member to use

I factory reset my PC recently and have reinstalled a few of my old applications, including Sea of Thieves. Now that these are installed, Sea of Thieves is requiring me to "Ask an adult in my family if I can use it" Though, upon checking Microsoft Family Features, I'm not in a family in the first place On top of that, I am over the age of 18 and my actual birth date is given on the account. I've googled all over the place looking for a fix but it doesn't look as if many people at all are having this issue. If someone could help me out with this, that'd be greatly appreciated.

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broken "family member needs to sign in"

Parental controls stopped working. Family.Microsoft.com has alert: "Your family member needs to sign in to their Windows 10 device AngLaptop2014 for family features to work.

But the "how to fix this" says

• Select Accounts > Family & other people
• Under Your family, select your family member, then select Allow
• Have your family member sign in with their Microsoft account if asked to

And the steps don't apply. The account is already allowed, and there is no option to change that.

Now what???

 

Unable to add another family member on the system

Hi Mel,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.



I regret the inconvenience caused to you. I will be glad to assist you with your issue.

It would be grateful if you can reply to this question in order to assist you further:

• What happens when you try to add a family member on your system?
• Do you receive any error message or code?
• Are you logged in with administrator account?

I suggest you to follow the steps on how to add another family member on your PC and check if it helps:

Set up family features

Let us know the results. We will be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Add member to your Microsoft family in Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

To add a family member to your Microsoft account, I suggest you to follow the steps from

Add members to your Microsoft family.

Hope it helps.

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator