What does NTSTATUS 0xC0000488 (STATUS_BLOCKED_BY_PARENTAL_CONTROLS) mean?

 
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STATUS_WIM_NOT_BOOTABLE STATUS_NEEDS_REGISTRATION

STATUS_BLOCKED_BY_PARENTAL_CONTROLS

Family-safety policy denied the operation

STATUS_BLOCKED_BY_PARENTAL_CONTROLS identifies a specific Windows status in the process security and execution policy path. The request matched a parental-control restriction such as application, content, account, or time policy. This is a policy decision rather than a transient file-access failure.

Identify the supervised account, resource identity and applicable family-safety rule. Review policy through the supported management surface instead of changing file permissions.

What to preserve before changing the system

  • The exact API, caller, target object, original NTSTATUS value, and any nested error or activity ID.
  • the relevant process token, package/job/enclave identity, lifecycle state, and policy or mitigation settings.
  • operational event logs and a timeline showing the first transition into the failing state.

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