Windows 10: Child can make a purchase on my account with their own pin!

I have a family 360 subscription and a Gamepass ultimate for the family Xbox. The kids want to play Minecraft Java edition, thats included in the gamepass subscription. However, to play the java edition I have to log my account in on the microsoft store. That would be semi OK, but there is a MAJOR bug. Even though I've set that purchases on my account should ask for my password or pin, my daughter can make purchases in the Microsoft store using her own pin.Luckily I've discovered this before my kids made purchases for thousands on my credit card.Worst of all, I can't remove my credit card from

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Better management of "child accounts" needed for purchases

Both myself and my daughter have Windows Phones, however I have set her account up as a child account. Normally I have the setting for "Purchases" disabled, however the process to buy apps on her account when needed is incredibly tedious.



1. Sign in as child on the zune.net website

2. Enable Purchases

3. Sign in as Parent to authorise the change

4. Wait *ages* for the change to take effect

5. Go back to the app store and buy the app (or wait if the change isn't in effect yet)

6. Once installed, repeat steps 1-4 to disable purchases again

7. Hope in the meantime your child hasn't taken the opportunity to buy lots of other stuff as well



It would be really great if a different system could be implemented. How about:

• Child tries to buy the app, a notification goes to the parent to "approve" the purchase, or;
• The parent is able to manage child accounts directly under their own zune.net account and can buy "on behalf of...". or;
• When the child tries to buy an app, it just prompts at that time for the parent to login to "sign for" and approve the purchase

I love the option to have and manage child accounts and the family security settings, but this particular process is really painful.



Regards,

Scott.

 

Better management of "child accounts" needed for purchases

 

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.