Windows 10: Child able to work-around family restrictions

Discus and support Child able to work-around family restrictions in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; Please, any ideas how to prevent a child from hacking their way round Microsoft Family restrictions? Politely asking them not to unfortunately doesn’t... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by AnnaWiejak, Oct 2, 2021.

  1. Child able to work-around family restrictions


    Please, any ideas how to prevent a child from hacking their way round Microsoft Family restrictions? Politely asking them not to unfortunately doesn’t appear to work.Child’s account is locked with time restrictions, all apps blocked, age limit<3, etc. The child can still force their way through the „Time’s up” screen and watch e.g. youtube for as long as they desire.They kindly shared their procedure with me:the „Time’s up” screen is ONpress windows key, type e.g. firefox and hit enterpress ctrl+alt+tab, select the new File Explorer screenpress the down arrow key a few times to highlight e.

    :)
     
    AnnaWiejak, Oct 2, 2021
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  2. Windows 10 Family safety - child can disable all feature, why?

    Hi,

    There may be a sync issue with the restrictions that has been applied to the child account. To isolate your concern regarding Family Safety, we recommend that you follow these steps:

    • Remove the Child account on the Family Safety website.
    • Change the passwords of your account.
    • Add the Child account again.
    • Add the restrictions to the Child account again.

    Keep us updated with the results if your child will still be able to turn off the Family Safety feature after performing the steps above.
     
    Kristoffer Abs, Oct 2, 2021
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  3. Microsoft Family Child Account - Able to Access Blocked Accounts

    Hi Randy,

    The issue that you’ve encountered regarding the restrictions that you’ve set on your child’s account under
    Microsoft Family may be caused by some configuration on the feature. To sort out your concern, we suggest that you remove and re-add your child’s account to the
    Microsoft family. This process will re-establish a good configuration on the account. To remove a Family member, you may follow the steps provided in this article on how to
    remove members from your Microsoft family.
    Once you’re on the page, you may proceed with the steps under the Online section, and then complete the process. After completing the steps, you may go to this article on how to
    set up your family, and then complete the given steps. After completing the process,
    you may set the restrictions to your child’s account by following the steps given in this article on how to
    set restrictions for your child
    on Windows 10 and Xbox One.


    Keep us updated about your concern for additional assistance.
     
    Joseph Ban, Oct 2, 2021
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    Child able to work-around family restrictions

    Microsoft family restrictions

    Hi,

    You actually need your parent to turn off any restrictions on your account. I'm afraid you need to get yourself back to your family temporarily. These are the instructions for an adult account.

    • Go to account.microsoft.com/family and sign in with your Microsoft account.
    • To remove a child, find their name, then select Content restrictions. Turn off any settings you may have enabled. Then go back to your family’s page, find the child’s name again, and select More options > Remove
      from family.
    • If you want to remove a child because they’re now an adult, or if an adult account has been misclassified as a child account, they’ll need to verify
      their account
      .

    I personally think you should be good without doing the third step, but I can't give you a guarantee.

    Hope it does the trick. In case of any issues, I'm happy to help you more when needed. If it worked, please mark the answer as helpful.
     
    Sten2.0, Oct 2, 2021
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