Windows 10: Apps and Game limits on shared computer

Discus and support Apps and Game limits on shared computer in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; I have two kids using one PC. Both are in my family, I have activity reporting turned on for both, screen time limits work properly for both, and the... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by domotx, Sep 8, 2020.

  1. domotx Win User

    Apps and Game limits on shared computer


    I have two kids using one PC. Both are in my family, I have activity reporting turned on for both, screen time limits work properly for both, and the PC is showing as a device for both kids. Here's the problem:


    Kid 1 has installed several games and apps, e.g. Discord, Call of Duty...

    Kid 2 profile isn't showing those games and apps, so I can't block them, but kid 2 can load them and play them


    Any idea why they wouldn't show in the list of installed games and apps and how I can get them to show up so i can block them?


    Thanks

    :)
     
    domotx, Sep 8, 2020
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  2. nms25 Win User

    "App and Game Limits" not recognizing apps to limit in MS Family

    I want to use Microsoft Family to limit kids' ability to pay a specific game (Kerbal Space Program) to no more than X hours per day, on just a single Windows 10, brand new Acer laptop. No other devices at issue or being used with these accounts.

    But when I go to "App and Game Limits" at family.microsoft.com for the local user accounts I have set up, the main account I want to limit (call it the "games account") does not include *any* apps as options to limit -- there is no "installed apps" list
    at all to choose from. It just says

    App and game limits

    Too much time spent watching videos or playing games? Set limits on their apps and games to help them stay focused and get a healthy balance of screen time throughout the day.

    On

    Limits will apply to

    LAPTOP-[computer name of my laptop]

    Help with Microsoft family features
    -------------------------------------------------

    Etc. Turning "Time limits" to "on" or "off" makes no difference. Still no list of apps to limit in any case. The other children's accounts have an "installed apps" list and certain apps appear on it, but Kerbal Space Program does not appear on the
    list for those accounts either. If this was an ordinary windows function there would be a "browse" option and I could just select the .exe file on the HDD and identify the app that way if nothing else worked, like when windows can't automatically find your
    printer driver--- but I can't find any function like that. It just seems to be something that either works or doesn't with no way to look under the hood, or am I missing something?

    All accounts I am trying to limit are children's non-administrator local user accounts on the laptop in question. In each case I created a microsoft account to go along with the user account. In each case MS family controls for the account recognize the
    Acer laptop's computer name and say "limits will apply to" that laptop. In each case the MS Family internet monitoring/blocking functions in MS Edge seem to be working for the accounts.

    On the "games account" I mentioned above, I have started the Kerbal Space Program account every different way I can, from start menu, clicking on the executable in folder, from pinned task bar, from desktop shortcut icon etc to try to get the computer to
    recognize it as an app that I should be able to control in MS Family. When I type the program into search from the task bar it is recognized as "Kerbal Space Program - App," but I can't do anything to get it to show up on an MS Family list so that I can
    limit it.

    For comparison, another app we play, Universe Sandbox, appears in the list of "installed apps" for other accounts on the computer, but does not appear anywhere for the "games" account even though we regularly use that program with that account.

    Any help appreciated.
     
    nms25, Sep 8, 2020
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  3. Guitar Win User
    Steam Game Sharing?

    http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/19/rumor-steam-beta-update-file-suggests-game-sharing-is-coming/

    This sounds pretty awesome, if true. There are a lot of old games I don't play that I'd be willing to share with friends, and there are some that I'd want to play but not sure about actually buying as well.
     
    Guitar, Sep 8, 2020
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  4. SUB
    SuB Win User

    Apps and Game limits on shared computer

    Is it possible to share internet connection via remote desktop?

    RDP is not capable of Internet sharing, so you can't share Internet using RDP with standard applications. There are many way to share Internet from a Windows box to another one. I suggest you to use VPN. You should do following steps:

    1. Run VPN Server on your server with unlimited internet access
    2. Connect to VPN server from your limited computer
     
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