There is only 1 thing worse than Windows 8 and that is Family Safety in Windows 8.  I have set this up so many times and it works for a day or so and the next thing I know my son is up half the night playing on his new laptop because the time limits or curfew did not work.  I have read all sorts of forums and tried numerous things but still cannot get it to stick.  Here is a list from memory what I have tried already -

  • Deleted the "corrupted" files in the Family Safety folder
  • Added a MS account for me, the parent to monitor
  • Turned FS off and then back on
  • Accessed from website on other computer (this was great when it did work.  My son would call me at work and ask for a little more time and I could grant it without giving up my password.)
  • I have read that I can "refresh" the FS program manually by clicking on some icon in the upper right corner but have yet to find that button.

Can someone provide a step by step process to make this work properly.  Although I could not access remotely and only had curfew hours available on Win 7, at least it worked.

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

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