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Last edited by Brink; 24 Mar 2016 at 09:54. Reason: added quote
I also was charged the $.50 each for 2 of my kids to set up Microsoft accounts at some point for "verification purpose". It is true.
I think you have completely missed the point of the OP.
Windows 8 and 8.1 used to allow a local account to be a child account. It was painful enough using internet explorer to manage family settings. But it worked.
Now a child account has to be linked to a Microsoft account. Ok, so both my kids have a Microsoft outlook.com account. However they will not allow simple password sign-in. Try telling my 5 year old her password is not 'cat' but now sdfsd$72@us2
she won't be able to just jump on, switch user from her brothers account and load her minecraft, something they both did seamlessly in Windows 8/8.1, again Microsoft just on another planet with this family stuff. Do any of the people there making these decisions have kids?
I will be downgrading to 8.1 until I see a fix for this.
Hello Ben, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)
I was referring and replying to this part below. I've never been charged to setup and verify a Microsoft account.
In addition to all the nonsense described in the previous posts, they now require a credit card. They "have" to charge me $0.50 to create the email account for my very young children, whom I don't even want to have email accounts.
I did set one up to be able to create the tutorial, and I wasn't charged anything or required to have a credit card.
Exactly where or at what step is this happening for you?
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html
I used an existing one that I think I created for a Skype call in 2012 and hadn't used since to do the Inviting. The child accounts are All new with their existing email addresses.
As soon as I go to log in with the child account, it says to log in with an adult account. When I log in with my account, it goes to validate that my account is actually an adult, and asks for 50 cents on a credit card.
I'm on my phone at a concert or I'd like to some screenshots
In that case it sounds like it may just being used as a form of verification for the MSA (Microsoft account) if you're not doing so by getting a code via text message, email, or phone call.
Is the 50 cents charge reversed back to the card later?