Windows 10: MS Family Safety - What are *Known* Issues that will Break its Use? Virtual Desktops?

Hi...


Greatly appreciate anyone's contribution, help and insight with this post. Perhaps we can get some Advisors and MS comments as well as our own comments to help each other.


Little background/discussion and then 2 questions below....


As I presume many or most of you are in this current COVID/lockdown/kids-"learning"-at home environment, I am grateful for the opportunity my children have provided by giving me a reason to research, study and learn about Windows 10 parental and family safety controls :- I like the features and options with Microsoft Family Safety where one can control all screen time as a whole for the day, or dial it down to controlling specific websites and apps, on specific days, for a special amount of time. I feel I understand the features well and have a good working knowledge and ability to adjust settings the way I want them. Not only theoretically and on paper do Microsoft Family Safety controls look like a good idea, they actually work...until they don't.


So I set the controls that I want for my son's computer age 13, smart, computer savvy by the way.... I even test them out with my laptop and the settings open along side of his computer at the beginning of his day. I test the time of day shut-off, I test the block app feature. I test the request for more feature. I launch blocked apps, I attempt blocked sites...all parental controls working perfectly. He starts his day, I start mine. I come back to check on him...Discord blocked is up and running, new playlist being selected on Spotify blocked, Chrome browser open app blocked with Youtube website playing videos website blocked. None of the settings are working.


In my latest assessment of the circumstances, I believe that there is possible aproblem with using Virtual Desktops I believe the key combination isControl Key-Windows Key-Arrow that may be "breaking" the parental controls. I have not gotten to field test this theory still waiting for my son to finish the *3* assignments in the past 2 days that he hasn't handed in to school due to...lemme guess now....concentrating on Discord and playlists and youtube instead of doing your work?? It appears that with a restart, parental controls generally come back up working again....that is,until it doesn't again.


FIRST QUESTION: anyone have similar experience or find that using virtual desktops somehow breaks parental controls??

SECOND QUESTION: what are known hacks/circumstances where parental controls break? I know there are individual threads with specific problems perhaps similar to my virtual desktop inquiry above, however, I am seeking to be informed and be on the lookout for known issues that we may encounter or that my son may find digging around on his own that will cause problems.


Thanks to everyone who reads and posts!!


Scott

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Family Safety issues

Hi,

Microsoft family features (includes family safety features formerly known as
Microsoft Family Safety), is a free set of features available on Windows 10 PC and Mobile that is bundled with the Windows 10 operating system.
Please ensure that the parent email account is set as an administrator on the child's laptop. Once done, you may follow the steps below to properly manage the settings on the Family Safety website:

• On the Start screen, type Family Safety.
• Click on Settings.
• Click the Family Safety icon.
• On the bottom part of the window, click Manage settings on the Family Safety website. Your default browser will direct you to the Family Safety website.
• Sign in using the parent account.

For your reference, you may also check this article regarding Family Safety:
Frequently Asked Questions.

We would appreciate it if you could get back to us and provide us your feedback.

 

Issue with accessing Family Safety

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. I understand that you have an issue with Family Safety.
I will surely help you to fix this issue.

This issue could have occurred due to conflict between third party applications.

Try the steps listed here:

I suggest you to set the computer in a clean boot state and check if it helps. Setting the system in a clean boot state will help to identify if any third party applications or startup items are causing the issue.

How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Warning: After clean boot troubleshooting steps, refer to the section "How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot" in
the provided link to return your computer to Normal startup mode.

Refer to the link for additional information.

Set up Family Safety

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/set-up-family-safety#set-up-family-safety=windows-8

Note: Applies to Windows 10.

Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue so that we can assist you further.

 

Issue with filtering websites in Family Safety

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. I understand that you have an issue with filtering websites in Family Safety.
I will surely help you to fix this issue.

This issue could have occurred due to these reasons:

1. Incorrect Family Safety settings.

2. Web filtering is not setup correctly.

Try the steps listed here:



I suggest you to refer the article and check if you have setup web filtering correctly or not.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/set-child-limits

Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue so that we can assist you further.