Windows 10: I dont even have parental control but after a specific time my computer is locked due to...

For some reason my new computer after a specific time in the evening is locking me out due to parental control. The thing is me or my family ever set up parental control before. Im over 18 as well so i dont know why it is doing that. In my family i am shown as the administrator but no one else is there. How can I fix this problem because I am a university student and i need to get loads of work done.

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Parental Control - Adding more time doesn't work

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused. I will assist you with this.

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.

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

 

Parental Controls aren't working

Hi,

The issue could be because of corrupted files. 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.

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

 

MS parental controls/screen time extremely buggy

I've used MS parental controls/screen time for months but it's never worked properly. After months of trying to get parental controls to work properly I've managed to figure out at least HOW to get it to work, but it's extremely inconvenient.

It works fine if I want to UNBLOCK something, I simply log into MS parental controls in browser and unblock it. But every time I want to BLOCK an app, I have to:

• Log into the child's computer admin account
• Restart computer
• Go into MS folder
• Change the name of "parental controls" folder or delete it
• Sign off

If I don't do all of the above then re-blocking the app does absolutely nothing. I'm guessing every time you try to block an app, the "parental controls" folder gets corrupt?? This is really stupid because not only is it inconvenient,
but I have to find a time my kid is not on the computer (which is rare for teens on weekends) then quickly do that before he notices.

Is this normal? The folder getting corrupted EVERY time you block something?