How to deal with Microsoft Family Features asking for permissions, and find the parental email / Family Organizer account
Problem Somebody, somewhere has gotten a message similar to: "Microsoft Family Features: You'll need to ask an adult in your family if you can use __________" It's usually a child under 18, but not always. It's usually for a game or app, but can also be for something innocuous, like Google Chrome. Often it worked perfectly before, and for forever, but not now. You then get a button that says "Ask by email". You press it and --- nothing happens. NOTHING. At all. No emails, nothing. The solutions posted by Microsoft for this issue are incorrect, unintelligible, or both. The "best" ones assume you already understand the system you're having problems with, making them frustrating at best and utter crap at worst. Solution If you already know who the "Family Organizer" is, skip to Step 4. 1. Go to https://account.microsoft.com/family and log in to your child's account. (As setting up the first account is painful , I ...