Disable sign on with a local account - Windows 10

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1.  There is 1 child account and one administrator account (me) on the computer.

2.  Setting time limits works, as a notification pops up when my child exceeds the time.  However, he can choose to sign on as a local account instead on the logon screen.

3.  The computer is a Lenovo G570 (laptop).  The OS was recently upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10.

When I set up the Microsoft account, I removed the local account.  I set up the child account by going to Start > Settings > Family & Others.  From there, I clicked Add a Family Member, and followed the process to create a child account with an email address.  My child then had to sign into his email account to accept the invitation.  I went online to set up the time constraints and other options.

Clearly you aren't understanding the inconvenience. As replied below, setting up a child account and limiting time isn't the issue nor is training required to reinforce how to do this. The problem is that the restrictions can easily be circumvented by clicking the "Sign in with a local account instead" in the "Your Account" settings. As long as the person knows the account password it allows a non-admin user to create a new user account that is not controlled by any restrictions put in place.

One option would be to have only the administrator know the child's account password (which is required to "Sign in with a local account instead") and then create/share the pin with the child which will still allow them to login and use the computer but not circumvent the restrictions. This is, however, only a workaround and Microsoft should still come up with a solution that disables the ability for a child account to "Sign in with a local account instead". What's the point of setting up restrictions if they can be easily bypassed?

Please fix this problem!!!

Nice to hear that someone else understands the problem.  Hopefully there is a fix soon.

I just found out BOTH of my kids figured this out and they were surfing the web during off times that I thought the machine would be off.  There has to be a solution for this asap.  This is unacceptable.

Same problem here.  Sure would appreciate a fix from Microsoft.

Obviously you do not understand the problem. Please test it out before replying.

We need to prevent child account from loggin to local account so as to prevent parental monitoring on the PC.

I am facing the same problem as well.

Please get it fix ASAP!

Thanks.

I am in the same boat with all of you.  My son figured out right away that he could bypass family safety in Windows 10 by selecting the local account option.  There is an obvious error here that allows a child to do this without an administrator password.  Microsoft needs to fix this right away as it makes family safety essentially useless in Windows 10.  The only workaround I have is to keep the childs MS account password private and allow him to log in to his Surface with a PIN.  While that is a temporary fix for the one device, it locks him out of using OneDrive for his schoolwork, which is his current method of retrieving his work on the Chromebooks at his school.  He also needs his password for using the online version of office 365.   If I could find a way to create another password for his online MS account that would keep him working, but I have not found a way to do that.  If any parents find a solution please post.  I fear family safety will remain a low priority for MS and may not work until we have the much needed windows 10.1.

Preeti (from Microsoft)

I noticed you replied in the first part of this thread.  Can you confirm that Microsoft is looking into this bug?  This is very detrimental to a family and can cause very long term issues.

For other users in the forum I have gone as far as attempting to disable creation of local accounts using the computer management system but no luck. I hope MS is working on a fix for this.