Windows 10: Best way to set up for a family

Discus and support Best way to set up for a family in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I'm looking for some advice about best way to set up surface pros for myself and my partner. We had one surface pro which we've had a little while. I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by werdna101-MS, Nov 26, 2020.

  1. Best way to set up for a family


    I'm looking for some advice about best way to set up surface pros for myself and my partner.


    We had one surface pro which we've had a little while. I had my windows account linked to this with Office 365.


    We've just got an additional surface pro. I want to use the new surface pro as my main PC and my partner will use the old surface pro as her main PC. I have upgraded to Office 365 family and have added my partner as a family member.


    The question is what's the best way to set up the surface pros so that we're both able to be admins on our respective surface pros and we're able to sign in with windows hello? Is it best to do a factory reset on the old surface pro and set my partner up as the admin user? Or is there a way that we can remove my data from that surface pro without a factory reset?

    :)
     
    werdna101-MS, Nov 26, 2020
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  2. Family settings was not working properly I removed a child from the family settings. now I cannot access that account

    Hi Nick,

    Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.

    Kindly try the below methods and check if this helps.

    Method 1:

    Run the Family Safety Troubleshooter and check if it helps.

    Family Safety Troubleshooter

    Method 2:

    I suggest you to delete the corrupted files yourself and see if it helps to resolve the issue, please follow these steps:

    1) Make sure your children are signed out of any monitored accounts.

    2) Sign in with an administrator account and find the folder that contains the corrupted files.

    There are two ways to do this. The easiest way is to enter the complete file path:


    • On the Start screen, type C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Parental Controls and press Enter.

    • If you’d rather open each folder individually, follow these steps:
    a. Go to This PC

    b. Open C:, open the
    ProgramData folder, open the Microsoft folder, open the
    Windows folder, and open the Parental Controls folder.

    3) Delete all contents of the Parental Controls folder.

    This will delete any corrupt files. Your settings will be downloaded again from familysafety.microsoft.com the next time you sign in.

    I also suggest you to refer the below Microsoft article and check if this helps.

    Set up your family

    What is a Microsoft family group?

    Hope it helps. Reply with the result and I'll be happy to help you further.

    Thank you
     
    ThofikhAhamad, Nov 26, 2020
    #2
  3. How to turn off Family safety settings

    Hello Michael,

    Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

    I understand that you are trying to remove the family safety settings. We will help you.

    I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps you regarding the
    family safety settings.

    Turn off family settings in Windows 10

    • To turn off family settings for a child in your family, sign in at account.microsoft.com/family. Then choose one of these
      options:
      • Remove them from family settings by choosing Remove, then selecting their account, then selecting
        Remove again. They’ll still be able to sign in to their PCs, but this will remove any family limits that you set.
      • Or select them from the main family page, which will bring you to their Recent activity. If
        Activity reporting is turned On, turn it
        Off.
        Then repeat for the other settings pages (Web browsing, Apps, games & media, Screen time, Purchase & spending), making sure that those switches are turned
        Off.

    Hope it helps. Keep us posted to help you better.
     
    Sachin Venkatesh, Nov 26, 2020
    #3
  4. Best way to set up for a family

    How to delete an adult account in the Family Settings.

    Hi,

    To resolve your issue, we suggest that you follow the steps below:

    • As an adult in the family account, sign in with your Microsoft account.
    • Under Your family, click
      Remove
      .
    • Click the child account you want to remove, and click Remove.
    • You will get an email confirmation once the child has been removed from the family.
    Note: If you removed a Child account, it will be tagged as an "Orphaned account" and you will need to attach another "Parent account".

    Regards.
     
    Melowin Mar, Nov 26, 2020
    #4
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