Windows 11 users have found themselves at the center of a growing dispute over browser choice and parental controls, following reports that Microsoft’s Family Safety features are actively blocking access to Google Chrome. This development, first flagged in early June and persistently discussed...
browser compatibility
browser wars
chrome
content filtering
cybersecurity
google support
microsoft edge
microsoft family safety
operating system
parental controls
privacy
tech controversy
tech news
tech regulation
user experience
user freedom
websiteblocking
windows 11
windows security
windows update
For countless Windows 11 users and IT professionals, Google Chrome is the browser of choice, seamlessly powering daily workflows from classrooms to boardrooms. But in recent weeks, reports have surfaced across technology forums, support threads, and online news sites describing a concerning...
browser compatibility
browser restrictions
child safety
chrome
content filtering
cybersecurity
digital parenting
family safety
it management
microsoft edge
online safety
parental controls
support forum
system bug
tech controversy
tech support
websiteblocking
windows
windows 11
windows security
Microsoft's Family Safety feature, designed to help parents and guardians manage their children's online activities, has recently been implicated in inadvertently blocking Google Chrome on Windows devices. This issue, first reported on June 3, 2025, has led to widespread user frustration as...
browser restrictions
chrome
chrome blocking fix
content filtering
content restrictions
device management
family safety
microsoft edge
microsoft family safety
microsoft support
parental controls
security software conflicts
user privacy and control
websiteblocking
windows parental controls
windows security
windows troubleshooting
windows update
windows user experience
Microsoft's Family Safety feature, designed to help parents and guardians manage their children's online activities, has recently been reported to inadvertently block Google Chrome on Windows devices. This issue has primarily affected Windows 11 users, though instances on Windows 10 and macOS...
browser compatibility
browser issues
chrome
content filtering
content filtering bias
default browser
family safety
google services blocking
inappropriate website filter
microsoft edge
microsoft family safety
security settings
third-party browser issues
websiteblocking
windows 10
windows 11
windows update
Windows version related : Windows 10 Home, Version 22H2 - build nr: 19045.4291
Hardware: Dell Latitude E6540 laptop
Please help me find out how to rectify the faulty operation as desbribed below :
Problem statement:
Certain websites won't load in any browser ( Chrome, Ms Edge, Opera , .... )...
We live in a time of both great opportunity and great responsibility. Our children have access to more information, entertainment and more ways to connect than ever before, but with that comes plenty of new things that parents like you and I need to worry about and new ways to distract their...
android
child safety
curated for you
devices
family
family features
launcher
microsoft edge
msn kids
notifications
onenote
online safety
parental controls
privacy
screen time
tech engagement
transparency
websiteblocking
windows 10
xbox one
Hi everyone!
I recently started using a VPN. However some websites block VPN ips so I can't visit them.
To solve this problem I would like to add the blocked website's IP to my route table.
It works fine on my other laptops but on my PC it doesn't seem to function. I ran the following command...
command prompt
computer issues
configuration
connectivity
default gateway
feedback
internet
ip table
network
reinstall
routing
solutions
tech support
troubleshooting
user experience
vpn
web access
websiteblocking
windows 10
In Windows 7, one was able to edit the hosts.txt file located in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc sub-directory to add lines i.e. (127.0.0.1 Link Removed) to block access to that particular web page.
Where is the host.txt file located in Windows 10? and can you still use that procedure to block...
Hi everybody
how you doing ?
so, tomorrow i have some relatives coming to my home for 15 weeks.
and i know each of them have a smartphone and they heavy internet consumers.
i have an limited internet plan, that's the problem
i want a software to control my wi-fi internet in home
like disabling...
Hi...
i m managing my office server as an IT Officer...
i m using Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard for managing all of my office client pc...
i m using TP-LINK Wireless N Gigabit Router for share internet connection to all pc...
My server is DHCP server...
Now i wanna Block some URL...
Hi There,
Does anyone know where I can find a piece of software that will allow me to block websites by URL and/or keywords that are applied to specific users/groups. I have to select the user/group this applies to.
I am using a local machine not AD
Thanks
Morning all! (For those of you who it is morning anyway!)
I have a question...
My CEO came to me today and asked if it was possible for him to limit at home using a (free?) bit of software the amount of time his daughter spends on a specific website (probably facebook!).
Do any of you know...
Hi:
Two questions about Win7, if anyone can help, I'd appreciate it.
Just bought a laptop for 3 boys to share, as their old one was so out of date & bogged down.
One of the boys, I found, goes to sites he shouldn't (need I say which type?) & it totally messes up the OS!! Before he can...
Hi, this really really has puzzled me for several days, so my sister has asked me to install some form of parental control on her two computers. It seems she caught her son looking at... things. I've offered to examine all these sites for suitability and got a shocking look!!! Seeing as how he's...
A few days ago, the Family Safety Filter showed up on Firefox. I finally managed to stop it. Don't know how. Any way it showed up again today, I figured out that it happens when I open IE. I have went into the IE, and turned it off. Yet it still shows up on FF. It is blocking me from going to my...