That's what I did.

The complete and total failure of this "Family Safety" feature in Windows 10 is a very serious corporate credibility issue for Microsoft.

It has taken hours and hours of my time, it doesn't work...

Ok, I've been trying to get this to work for a while. Yes, the setting the child's account to a guest account does make the PC Settings impossible to set. All the PC settings, not just the...

You are a genius. I'm trying this when I get home.

It is also why I asked how often Microsoft updates user activity. As near as I can tell, it isn't very often.

Does it still create activity reports if it is a local account?

In order to block a program, they need to run the program, and I need to see it in the activity report. So if the local account...

If it matters, there is another computer downstairs on which they also have Microsoft accounts.

Thanks Kari.

I copied their User folders so I could restore them later.
I deleted their accounts on the computer.
I removed them from my Microsoft Account "Family" online, to "start from...

This is Windows 10 - when I create new local accounts, I only see "admin" or "standard" type of accounts. What do you mean when you say "child" account?

I upgraded the PC from Windows 7 (that...

I just upgraded all my computers to Windows 10.

My 15 year old is clever enough to bypass the (new) Family settings controlled Microsoft Account I just set up for him by converting the account to...