How do I set up My Family? Setting up the "My Family" section on Windows Phone

Modern technologies have moved far ahead. In the recent past, the favorite entertainment of all children were cartoons or active games with friends in the courtyard. Now almost every schoolboy has a modern gadget. Children are much better equipped to understand technology than adults. They can customize their device, download various content on it and download their favorite applications and games. However, not all materials available on the vast web of the World Wide Web are useful for the child.

Parental control from Microsoft

Quite often there are games with elements of violence, pornographic elements come across. Most likely, your child will not pay attention to a note with an age limit. Microsoft seriously tackled this problem. She created all the necessary technologies for thorough parental control. This applies not only to products for the computer, but also for many mobile OS.

For example, on smartphones Windows Phone 8 was introduced a section such as "My Family". This service provides an opportunity to observe the work of the child with his gadget. More about what this service is, and how to set up the "My Family" section, we'll talk in this publication. You will learn how to make device management comfortable for all family members.

"My family" - what services does the service provide?

With this technology, first of all you can manage the process of downloading games and applications by your child. So, you will be able to view the programs that your children set, study their rating and put their own limitations. There are several kinds of functions that you can use:

1. Allow children to buy applications and download free versions.
2. Do not install paid content.
3. Fully put the taboo on downloading applications and games.
4. Ask a rating for programs that a child can download.
5. Prevent unpopular applications from downloading.

I would like to note that the rating in many respects determines the quality of content that your karapuzes can load. For example, games that do not have positive ratings may contain unwanted materials.

Agree, such a service is quite useful for many parents. How do I set up My Family? After all, many Windows Phone users face a number of difficulties in registering and managing the service.

Setting up the "My Family" section

In order to fully use Windows Phone and to discover its full potential, you will need a Microsoft account. When registering, the user will be asked to indicate his age. If it is less than 18 years, it will impose some restrictions on the use of the smartphone. You will no longer be able to change your account settings. You can only create a new account, while resetting the settings to the factory ones and losing some of the personal data, user settings. If there are no users in the family, whose age has already reached the age of 18, you can not do without a new account. But if such users are present, the "My Family" service will come to the rescue. We have to adjust it.

First of all you need to register on windowsphone.com. It should be a parent's account (that is, an adult who has reached adulthood). After successful authorization, the "My Family" section will open automatically. If you visit it for the first time and do not have any other parent accounts, you will immediately see the "Start" button. By clicking on it, you can add a new child account. Next, to configure the "My Family" section, you need to enter data from the "child" account. If your child does not have an account yet, you need to add it, and only then repeat all the manipulations described above.

Setup on the Xbox.com website

Next, you will need to go to the Xbox.com site. Log in through the data of the "child" account. To continue the work, you must agree with all the terms of the Microsoft services agreements, agree to the processing of data and so on. In the next section, which appears in front of you, you will have to double-check the details of the child's account. Remember, then you can not fix anything, just by creating a new account.

If the data is correct, click "I accept" and go to the next item. If you find that, for example, you have logged in with your account and not using the child's data, you will need to log out and log in again. Thus, you have agreed to create a network profile on the site. After that, you will automatically get to the page where you need to enter the data of the "parent" account. Do this and click on "Next".

Child account rights

Now you know how to set up the "My Family" section. On the next page you can already edit all settings for parental control. The "adult" and "child" accounts have different rights to manage the settings. Of course, the parent has more of them. So, adults have the opportunity to add new members of the service and follow the download of applications of children. However, they can not configure each other's accounts. Children will only be able to enter the section, but they have no rights to customize.

Family Settings

Initially, family settings are set by default. Then you can edit them as you see fit. In addition to managing applications, you have the ability to control and other aspects. For example, you can allow or deny accepting friendly requests or communicating with friends using text or voice messages. You can prohibit the reproduction of frank video content or music. If you do not want your child to play on the network or publish anything on social networks, you also have the right to close access to such actions.

At any time you can edit these settings. This function is very useful when your child is in school, and you do not want him to be distracted. Or you try to protect it from the negative materials that are on the Internet. "My family" on Windows Phone is a wonderful way of parental control. After all, the company "Microsoft" always cares about the comfort and safety of your children. Now you know how to set up the "My Family" section. Your child will always be shielded from unwanted content.