So I checked again today and all of the kids' accounts were back to normal except one. It would not allow for "Activity Reporting" to stay on under the "Recent Activity" section. I checked the Windows settings and it was still showing as a child account. I removed it from the names list on the "Your Family" page and then went back to the Windows settings and edited the account back to child. From then on it worked, except I can't block the "Store" because it won't show up under "Recent Activity" even though the "Store" has been accessed several times. Does anyone have a solution for this? (I was able to block the "Store" a few weeks ago when Family Safety was up and running after it broke down.)
Family safety: Feedback on recent changes to multi-device management
Put simply, it's unacceptable.
For my child, why would I want to have to manage completely different sets of limits, curfew, blocked/allowed games, allowed ratings, etc for every device to which they log in?
This needs to go back to the old way where the child's account spanned all devices to which they've logged in.
Furthermore, when attempting to manage this new format, here's what I see in my Family Safety area:
How is this helpful at all? Nowhere on this screen do I know the device for which I'm altering the settings. If I click another instance of my child's name, I have no idea which device that is going to either.
I also have a sneaking suspicion this recent change is what is causing so many parents to have settings not taking effect, etc. They're probably altering the settings for the wrong device (because they have no clue where they're at in the system and I don't blame them) or the backend is simply doing things wrong.
Please fix this.
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2015-07-09T15:29:21+00:00 I can't even this to work in windows 10 tech preview... mostly because the web site for administrating the family safety seems to be in read only mode. All changes don't save/stick.
At this point I am wondering about a class action law suite.
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2015-07-09T12:15:57+00:00 right Jen what am I supposed to do add safety to my sons windows 8.1 laptop that he got for xmas. My son is 12 and autistic and unfortunately in some ways he is over and above his age in things but when it comes to relationships he doesn't have a clue i have found on his laptop history of last week he is still being able access a porn sight I am applled and I have spent 3 hours this morning talikg to 2 of your support members to be told that it impossible for me to have a windows 8.1 laptop saying that the saftey support is showing that we only get notified when he access a windows 10 product. We are not upgrading and i am appalled at being made to feel like a child lying to your support members with what i was seeing so i suggest you retrain your support team as none of the links i was beeing given would help me get safety on my sons laptop so what am supposed to do now all these posts are really getting me down at how we cannot put safety on our childrens accounts if they have products with anything else other than windows 10 i think it is very sly of you I am not happy
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2015-07-08T19:08:18+00:00 Jennifer, there had been some problems with our kids' accounts a few weeks ago, but then they miraculously repaired themselves. Then this morning my child informed me that she could access anything she wanted on the internet, and she was right. I went to the family safety page and tried several times to change the settings back to the way we had set them up, but none of the changes would save. Do you know why this is happening again and when will it be repaired?
Perhaps it has to do with what I last posted here:
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2015-07-08T18:48:06+00:00 Jennifer, there had been some problems with our kids' accounts a few weeks ago, but then they miraculously repaired themselves. Then this morning my child informed me that she could access anything she wanted on the internet, and she was right. I went to the family safety page and tried several times to change the settings back to the way we had set them up, but none of the changes would save. Do you know why this is happening again and when will it be repaired?