Windows Family Safety

[jim7699]

I currently have Windows 7 Professional on a laptop connected to my works domain when I am in the office. I also use this laptop at home. After installing Windows Family Safety Beta, when I try to set time limits for my daughter I get a message telling me to upgrade my OS to Windows 7. Help?

 

[Lemur]

You could uninstall the software, then restore your system to a date prior to your original installation.

I have used Cybersitter in the past, and it has worked well (fee-based sw).

**EDIT** Actually this message is probably coming from the sw you installed. First just uninstall it and see if the message still appears. Probably it won't.

 

[Corrine]

Hi, jim6799.

A long-time friend has the following as a signature:

Beta. Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it's released. Beta is Latin for 'still doesn't work.'

I agree with Lemur and suggest that you uninstall the beta software. It is never advisable to run beta software on a production machine. (You may find that the released version will work: Windows Live Family Safety)

 

[jim7699]

Thank you

Thank you both for taking the time to reply to my issue. I will attempt to uninstall the beta.

Thanks again!

 

[Corrine]

You're welcome.

If you decide to install the released version of Windows Live Family Safety, let us know if you receive the same message.

 

[jim7699]

No option to uninstall

Hello friends,

When I go to uninstall windows live essentials beta, there is nothing to uninstall. There is nothing in the file directory when I go to Start:All Programs:Windows Live. I'm not sure how this is possible because I can run family safety, windows live mail, & windows messenger. Any thoughts?

 

[Lemur]

Go to Control Panel -> Uninstall Program

 

[jim7699]

Thank you. I uninstalled the beta version and reinstalled windows live. I still get the same error message when trying to set up time limits on windows live family safety: Please upgrade to windows 7 (which I'm currently running windows 7 professional)