Windows 10: Setting parental control on Local system Windows 10

I've just bought a laptop for my 11-year old daughter. How can I set controls for You Tube and search engines, so she doesn't see unsuitable content? I'm not good at this tech but you lot are amazing. We've been advised to use the 'local' setting rather than the preferred MS one.

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Parental Controls in Windows 10 - Local Account

I've read several posts on this topic but may have missed one that explains how to

• use an existing local account
• or make that existing local account the add-on child's account
• or establish a new account and transfer all favorites to the new account.

I have a special needs child that will totally freak if he loses all his favorites in making the transition that Windows 10 requires for parental controls ... and I don't want to spend the time to add hundreds of favorites to a new account.

Like many others, I have no reason to

• set up restrictions on other devices

• establish a Microsoft account for my son

• establish an email account that won't be used and will then be deleted if it's not used

I don't mind going back to Windows 7 - where parental controls worked perfectly without the need to jump through hoops - now that I'm using Windows 10, I'd prefer to stick with it BUT only if I can get working parental controls.

Has anyone discovered the solution?

 

Parental Control Settings

Hi Taylor,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We would suggest you to refer to the steps mentioned by ‘Loraine Mon’ in the thread

how do I turn off parental controls.



You can also go through
Set up parental controls for Windows 10 and Xbox One for more details.





Hope it helps.

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Manjunath H

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

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