I got my Acer laptop yesterday, and it was easy switching out of S Mode. In case you're not familiar with that, it's a setting in Win10 that limits you to Microsoft Store apps only, "To keep you safe." (And to make sure all you software money goes to Microsoft.) I'm surprised they didn't call it M Mode. There are several steps to follow, but there were no problems, and I was able to install Chrome and other non-MS apps.
Computers must be delivered in S Mode because there is no way to switch regular Windows to S.
Longshadow wrote:
Regular Windows???
Windows 10. If you switch out of S Mode, there is no going back to it.
jerryc41 wrote:
Windows 10. If you switch out of S Mode, there is no going back to it.
I do not have 10, my wife does on her laptop, which I use only if
absolutely necessary (ie. add a printer).
What does it not let you do?
Longshadow wrote:
I do not have 10, my wife does on her laptop, which I use only if absolutely necessary (ie. add a printer).
What does it not let you do?
S Mode limits you to the Microsoft Store - no "foreign" apps. The idea is to keep you safe by keeping nasty software off your computer. I live dangerously. I use Gmail!
Never heard of it. How do we know if we are in "S mode?" What are those easy steps to get out of it?
jerryc41 wrote:
S Mode limits you to the Microsoft Store - no "foreign" apps. The idea is to keep you safe by keeping nasty software off your computer. I live dangerously. I use Gmail!
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Can't load Quicken; Chrome; Firefox; ...???
Thanks!
Wife's computer has Chrome on it (came
with Chrome), she added Zoom.
She has no idea what S Mode is.
Guessing it came "out of S Mode" then...???
TriX
Loc: Raleigh, NC
I’m guessing it is specific to the Microsoft Browser. Since I never use their browsers, I’ve never encountered it.
Like I said, she put Zoom on it and it came with Chrome.
Wonder if she got Zoom from the Microsoft store.
Who put Chrome on it?
She used Google search also...
I guess not all systems come in "S" mode.
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