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A free app and service that helps families create healthy digital habits and stay connected. It’s designed to support both online safety and real-world awareness by offering tools for screen time management, content filtering, and location sharing
Office 2024 product key accepted but redemption ends with Service Unavailable and license does not appear in my account
A free app and service that helps families create healthy digital habits and stay connected. It’s designed to support both online safety and real-world awareness by offering tools for screen time management, content filtering, and location sharing
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Whenever I try to add funds to my child's XBOX account, I experience an error message saying: Contact us at Microsoft support We’re having trouble processing your payment and we’d like to get it sorted out. Get more info 1dRyWwy2H0+TXtKY.14.433.5 Wed,…
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i cant use google or any other apps because of microsoft family it just showed up one day and i couldnt use any apps or google i can only use microsoft browser and i deleted my microsoft account and it still wouldnt work so i resigned in and it still…
A free app and service that helps families create healthy digital habits and stay connected. It’s designed to support both online safety and real-world awareness by offering tools for screen time management, content filtering, and location sharing
Hi team, I am an adult but unable to remove the screen time limit from my laptop. it shuts after 9pm to 8 am. i am not able to make any changes. Please help. Jyotii Singh
A free app and service that helps families create healthy digital habits and stay connected. It’s designed to support both online safety and real-world awareness by offering tools for screen time management, content filtering, and location sharing
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This has happened repeatedly over the last few months. Last time I was able to get through to actual support to get a ticket opened to unblock this, but that avenue is apparently now closed. "Contact us at Microsoft support We’re having trouble…
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I am an adult Microsoft account holder. I was invited into a Microsoft Family group by another person. I no longer wish to be associated with that family group for personal safety reasons. I have removed Family Safety permissions where possible, but my…
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I cannot access my laptop between 9pm and 8am, how can I disable this feature. I am the organiser of a family group, no other members. I am an adult.
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So i am 10, i see my step-dad's name as my family organizer but i am not in his family when he signs in his account. We have tried several accounts of both my mom and step-dad but we cannot find any such account. I need help in resetting it. My parents…
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can not open chrome cause of family safety while iam the admin but can not access as admin seems to be
A free app and service that helps families create healthy digital habits and stay connected. It’s designed to support both online safety and real-world awareness by offering tools for screen time management, content filtering, and location sharing
I am a listed as a child account under my family group but i need to be removed. However, i am estranged from the group organizers and cannot get into contact with them.
A free app and service that helps families create healthy digital habits and stay connected. It’s designed to support both online safety and real-world awareness by offering tools for screen time management, content filtering, and location sharing
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I deleted all the members in the family, but why is my account still considered a kid? It's already 18 years old, but it’s still kept at 12. What’s up when logging in it asks an adult to log in for me?
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How to find the email of the family member whose account is linked to my son's email account for the permission?
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I've been having problems with my Xbox account since i can't enable the multi-player features on my games and can't send friendships probably due to the fact that my Microsoft account used to be in a family group. I've contacted several times the Xbox…
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Boa noite! Eu recentemente fiz uma conta no Minecraft pelo celular e no descuido acabei criando uma familia no family safety, me tornando "meu filho" e meu computador tá cheio de restrições, tentei me remover mas os consetimentos não aparece e…
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Hello. Recently, I've started actively using my laptop for games like Roblox and Minecraft. I have Microsoft Family Safety, because I'm 13. And a few days ago, I started experiencing problems. First, it asked me to sign in to my Microsoft account. This…
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My child seemed to have created a family group, with possibly using another email as the main family organizer. But I cannot view what email is used, and he cannot remove himself with the current email. I am trying to add his current email to mine, but…
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I purchased Microsoft 365 family premium plan to assist with home schooling. Then, I saw where my granddaughter that was on my account that I have guardianship over had an assigned email that none of us was aware of. After downloading microsoft 365…
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Hello, I was accidently put into a family group by your faulty software 7 months ago, and the organizer of the family group cannot remove or access the family account at all because his details aren't correct. When I click on the 3 little dots and look…
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I am an adult, but Microsoft thinks I'm a child. How can I correct my birth date?
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My private outlook email account has been hacked how can I resolve this without changing my whole email address?
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