TITAM - Technical issues that affected me

Problem:  Chrome starts, then immediately closes.  You can see the window momentarily.  Usually and suddenly manifests on a kids laptop that had no prior issues whatsoever. No error messages.  Can still see some Chrome-related process running in Task Manager, but nothing useful.  Reinstall doesn't help.  Chrome works fine on other devices.  No known issues with connectivity, cache / hard drive space, etc.  Edge works.  Firefox will not work. Solution:  Your child(ren) probably got involuntarily signed up for Microsoft Family Safety , which can block all browsers other than Edge. •  Go to the Family Safety parental / Family Organizer account.  If you don't know what that is, try here . •  Click your kids account. •  Go to "Content Filters". •  Be sure you're on "Web and search". •  Turn OFF the "Filter settings / Filter inappropriate websites and searches" feature.   Several things baffle me about this, ...

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 ...