adult content settings

Hi randy

im stuck in a child microsoft account, or atleast i am assuming because i seem to need to ask for permission in order to access certain sites. I am not in a 'family' and do not remember my account ever being in one. i have tried using a different account to join my family and change my own settings but cannot find a setting to do so. my date of birth correctly says im 18. i tried deleting and adding my debit card because apparently that worked for some but didnt for me.

hopefully you know of a solution. thanks heaps

Tom

Hi RandyWhiteside.

My name is Jose, I am an independent advisor and it will be my pleasure to help you today.

If there are minors in your house who use the PC, activate parental control.

Click the Start button, then Settings. Click on Accounts and then on Family and other people:

Click Add family member. It will ask you if you want to add a minor or an adult if you add an adult you must enter a Microsoft email address and you will receive an invitation to join your family. If you accept the invitation by logging in with that account, you will be admitted into the family. If you don't have an account, you can create one from here. Click on Add a minor to create an account for each of the minors in the household. You must enter a Microsoft email address, to ask the minor's permission to join. If you do not have an email from Microsoft, you can create one by selecting the option The person I want to add does not have an email address. Enter the date of birth and password, and you will create an account for him.

As you have created several accounts, now every time you start the computer you will have the option to enter with an adult account, or the accounts of minors. To prevent children from using adult accounts, go to Start, go to Settings and then Accounts. Go to Login Options. Here you can assign a PIN to each account.

From Windows settings you can only add child or adult accounts to your family. To configure them you have to do it through the browser, on a web page. Press Manage family settings online or go directly to the Microsoft Accounts website. Enter the web and identify yourself with your Microsoft account, the same one you use in Windows, by clicking on Start Session. You will see the members of your family associated with your account, which you have already created. From here you can also add more children or adults. If this information does not appear, click on the Family tab at the top. To the right of each child, in blue, are all the options for customizing Windows 10 parental controls:

Set limits and barriers

The first option is called Activity. Activate the Activity Report button to record what programs that account uses, what websites it accesses and what searches the child performs. You can check Send weekly reports by email to receive them in your account. If you want, you can block a specific website or program by clicking on Block:

In Web Browsing there is the option to Block inappropriate websites. This will block adult content on websites and searches. Please note that this lock only works in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer browsers. Not with Chrome, Firefox and others, so you must block them from the Applications section or activate Chrome's parental control and the rest separately. If you check the option Only see websites from the allowed list, the minor will only be able to access the pages that we will add to a list.

The next option that we can configure in the parental control is Applications, Games, and multimedia content. Here you activate the blocking of inappropriate applications and games. Once you have activated it you can set the age of the minor. Higher rated games cannot be downloaded or launched. Note that this filter only applies to games and applications from the Windows Store, not to other stores such as Steam (you will need to activate your own parental control here) or a game that you buy on disk. But from the Recent activity section you will be able to see the games you use and if some are not appropriate, block them.

Screen time and purchases with the screen time option you set the time that the child can spend a day with the computer or the Xbox console (if using the same account). It is possible to set daily limits, and an interval for each day. These limits can be set for each day of the week independently. In Purchases and expenses, you add money to the child's wallet, so that they can spend it in the Windows Store. You also have the option of allowing it to download only free games or, outright, prohibiting downloads. There is also the box Let me know when my child gets an application or game.

Regards.

Jose.