Windows 10: Parental Controls -- Change pin -- windows 10

Discus and support Parental Controls -- Change pin -- windows 10 in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; Hello - My 11 year old son and I both have Msft Surface devices. His is under my "family". I have been very happy with the level of controls that I... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by GM100, May 26, 2020.

  1. GM100 Win User

    Parental Controls -- Change pin -- windows 10


    Hello - My 11 year old son and I both have Msft Surface devices. His is under my "family". I have been very happy with the level of controls that I have. It all works very smooth


    Issue:

    Wheneve my son wanted extra time he had to ask me --- he would bring his laptop to me and I could type in my PIN and add anywhere from 15 mins to 8 hours. Perfect


    Now my son has figured out my PIN.


    I need to change it.


    Please tell me how can i change my pin.


    NOTE: I have 2 ways to manage his laptop -- Password same as my msft account password and PIN not same as my msft account PIN which i use to open MY laptop.


    Please help and advise

    :)
     
    GM100, May 26, 2020
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  2. Arul_D Win User

    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
     
    Arul_D, May 26, 2020
    #2
  3. Windows 10 Parental Controls not working properly

    Hi,

    Thank you for the response and keeping the status updated.

    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
     
    Ruth Buruga, May 26, 2020
    #3
  4. Parental Controls -- Change pin -- windows 10

    Parental controls not working on Windows 10.

    In spite of having followed the procedure step by step, the parental controls are not working on my PC running on Windows 10.
     
    Ricky Pundarekh, May 26, 2020
    #4
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