Parental controls seem to prevent Windows Update

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Parental controls seem to prevent Windows Update
Parental controls seem to prevent Windows Update
2018-09-08 08:31:53
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I have a Deco M5 with latest firmware (1.2.3 - build 20180819). With parental controls on, and set to Child, My Windows 10 PCs are not able to Update. They are also unable to download from the Windows Store (though they can view, access and log-in to the store)

Nothing is shown in the deco reporting as having been blocked or filtered, it just doesn't work. Changing 'belongs to' to an unrestricted profile resolves the update issue - but then, obviously, the filtering is off, and that's the main value of the Deco for me.

It would be nice to have a 'allowed apps/websites' section in the config to override the filter (currently you can add extra blocks.) as that would provide a way to work around this kind of issue.
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Re:Parental controls seem to prevent Windows Update
2018-09-08 09:38:55
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Re:Parental controls seem to prevent Windows Update
2018-09-10 09:48:33
Thanks! That's really helpful. Sorry I didn't find it on my initial search of the forum.

It looks like that may have been the cause of some of my Apple update issues too - but needs some further testing.... At least removing pay-to-surf from the filter is more targeted than turning filtering off altogether. Though it still feels like a bug.
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Re:Parental controls seem to prevent Windows Update
2018-09-13 09:44:48
I absolutely agree, this is a bug.I reported it to TP-Link support but they didn't seem to understand me and I didn't have the energy to follow up and try harder to explain the problem. :-(
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