From early June, a widespread and unexpected clash between Microsoft Family Safety and Google Chrome has sparked concern and confusion among parents, children, and everyday Windows users. Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a bug within its Family Safety suite that prevents the Chrome...
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Summary & Fix for Chrome Blocking by Microsoft Family Safety on Windows 11
What’s Happening:
Microsoft Family Safety is a parental control tool that, after recent Chrome updates (137.0.7151.68, 137.0.7151.69), started blocking Chrome on Windows 11 (and possibly Windows 10/macOS).
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