Howdy guys!
I recently let my friend log into my family's local home PC with his personal Microsoft account so he could customize his Xbox Avatar using the Xbox Original Avatars App on the Microsoft store. Unfortunately the moment he logged in to the Xbox app, Windows linked his account to the whole system without warning and we were immediately greeted with the "Time for a break" screen because his account is set up with time limits using parental controls. Now I can no longer use this computer because his account is set up in a way that prevents the user from just "waiting out" the break period. In addition I can't open up Task manager, Alt F4, or do anything to kill the process that is currently causing this. I've also tried disconnecting the PC from ethernet, but that has not helped either. If possible, I'd like to either be able to unlink his account from my family's PC or create a new Local Administrator account while getting rid of the old one. If you could help me out, I would really appreciate it! (Sorry for the bad quality of the picture, I had to take it on the front camera of a cheap Chromebook).
Some helpful things to note are that:
I recently let my friend log into my family's local home PC with his personal Microsoft account so he could customize his Xbox Avatar using the Xbox Original Avatars App on the Microsoft store. Unfortunately the moment he logged in to the Xbox app, Windows linked his account to the whole system without warning and we were immediately greeted with the "Time for a break" screen because his account is set up with time limits using parental controls. Now I can no longer use this computer because his account is set up in a way that prevents the user from just "waiting out" the break period. In addition I can't open up Task manager, Alt F4, or do anything to kill the process that is currently causing this. I've also tried disconnecting the PC from ethernet, but that has not helped either. If possible, I'd like to either be able to unlink his account from my family's PC or create a new Local Administrator account while getting rid of the old one. If you could help me out, I would really appreciate it! (Sorry for the bad quality of the picture, I had to take it on the front camera of a cheap Chromebook).
Some helpful things to note are that:
- The PC originally had a local account with only a Microsoft account linked for use specifically in the store.
- I can't just reinstall Windows because I don't have a USB stick with a bootable Windows Install ready right now, nor can I make one because this is the only Windows PC I have available at the moment.
- There is only one account (local) on this PC
- I can't use the "Parent/guardian log in" option as Windows says that my friend's account is not a "Standard User"
- This PC is running Windows 11 23h2 (But I'm not exactly sure what build)
- The system does not officially support Windows 11
- More information about this computer specifically can be found in my System Specs 2
- Windows Build/Version
- Windows 11 23h2
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My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx
- Memory
- 8.00 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 8 Graphics
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Generic PnP Monitor
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- LITEON CV8-8E128-HP (SSD)
WDC WD10SPZX-60Z10T0 (Hard Drive)
- PSU
- Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
- Case
- Proprietary HP Pavilion Laptop 15 shell
- Cooling
- Active Fan Cooling
- Keyboard
- Standard PS/2 Keyboard
- Mouse
- ELAN Clickpad
- Internet Speed
- 35.50 Mbps download 23.44 Mbps upload
- Browser
- Edge
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender
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- Operating System
- Windows 11 24h2
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Apple iMac "Core i5" 2.7 21.5" (Late 2012)
- CPU
- Intel® Core™ i5-3330S Processor
- Motherboard
- Ivy Bridge (LGA 1155)
- Memory
- 8.00 GB DDR3 1600 MHz
- Graphics card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
- Sound Card
- Cirrus Logic CS4206B (AB 90)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Generic Monitor (iMac)
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 (Hard Drive 1TB)
- PSU
- Integrated
- Case
- iMac Aluminum Body
- Cooling
- Fan
- Mouse
- Lenovo
- Keyboard
- HP SK-2085
- Internet Speed
- 90.8 Mbps download 23.4 Mbps upload
- Browser
- Google Chrome
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender