what is windows shell experience and why do i get a window telling me to ask for permission to use it

Anonymous
2018-06-12T02:56:41+00:00

When I log in, a window opens on my desktop with "Microsoft family features" in the heading, telling me to ask for permission to use "Windows Shell Experience". My account is the adult account in my family and there should not be any Microsoft family restrictions on my account. Why am I getting this window?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-10-07T12:39:42+00:00

    Hello again,

    so I had this issue some time ago, and also got a fix talking to microsoft assistance which finally did not work.

    However, I got an email right after my birthday, sent from Microsoft Family service where they notified me (as a parent) that my child (also me) just turned 19, so that he (actually, me) can now control his own settings in parental control which might override the settings I (as a parent) made. So, all in all

    1. Microsoft thinks I am my own child
    2. Microsoft thinks that we have the same birthday, and
    3. Microsoft keeps a record that I am now 19 (so, my birth year is 1999) -> seems like "another y2000" bug to me.

    Anyhow, I did not see this annoying pop-up window ever again since that. So, hopefully, until dec.31 this year you all guys will turn 19, and this issue simply will get solved by time. :D

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-10-07T09:18:28+00:00

    Quelle effing surprise.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-10-05T20:42:57+00:00

    ...

    As I posted above, MS admitted this bug, promised to fix it in RS5, due end of October 

    Well, what can I say? Here I am, with the RS 5 downloaded and installed, and ... the issue still persists, it hasn't been fixed!

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-10-01T14:02:45+00:00

    Windows 10 Home, still get this error. 

    Me too.

    As I posted above, MS admitted this bug, promised to fix it in RS5, due end of October 

    Could they not push a patch for this sooner? Leaving folk with this annoyance (albeit a minor one) for two months is a bit shoddy.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-09-29T12:02:14+00:00

    So.. we have people recommending pointless integrity checks, and mistaken removal of security created policies...come on guys this is not rocket science... a CORE windows module has a policy out of line ...fixed in c48seconds from below...

    1: Anyone getting this error is on a non home, aka PRO version of windows

    ...

    Windows 10 Home, still get this error.

    As I posted above, MS admitted this bug, promised to fix it in RS5, due end of October

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