My Xbox 360 asks me for a family settings password. The problem is that I have never set anything like that and I'm past 18 years old by a mile. How the hell did that get into my console? I bought it new few years back and never had any problem like that. What do I do with it? I tried formatting the HDD, but it didn't helped.

Is it a number-based password? If so, try entering the password as all zeroes. That usually resets parental control password.

Nah, I've tried all the obvious combinations :(.

Hmm, I had a look around Google, and this kept popping up:

Go to "Settings" and highlight the "Parental Control" option. Then, press X, Y, L, X at the passcode screen to reset the parental control setting to the default value.

See if that works.

Nope, still incorrect :(.

I guess I should restore my Xbox to factory setting. But I can't do that without the specific combination, which can only be obtained through Xbox Support. But I can't call the support since my account is set to UK and I don't live there, I choose UK only to have Xbox Live, which wasn't available in my country when I was creating the account...

God dammit Xbox! How the hell did you come up with this parental control all of the sudden?