How To Turn Off Windows S Mode Without Microsoft Account

Did you just get a system with Windows S Mode and you don't want to create a Microsoft Account to turn it off? No problem. I figured out a really easy way to turn off Windows S Mode without a Microsoft Account.
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[@CyberCPU]

Just a heads up that I was wrong about a detail in this video. The method works great but I stated in the video that it works on every version of Windows and I don't think that's the case. There were lots of comments from people who it didn't work for. After talking to those people it turns out the old method still works. The old method is simply disabling secure boot. It looks like if your using 22H2 this method works but if your using 21H2 this method doesn't work but simply disabling secureboot does. Hopefully this didn't cause anyone issues. If it did, I'm sorry.

[@xerravon]

unrelated question. Should I upgrade to win 11?

[@JasonRule-1]

Would Windows S mode allow you to change the registry entry via a .reg file?

[@CyberCPU]

@@xerravon it's up to you. It's not as bad as it was but I'm still using Windows 10 on my system.

[@CyberCPU]

@@JasonRule-1 no, a reg file still needs to use regedit to apply it to the registry.

[@xerravon]

@@CyberCPU Thanks, yeah I just was hoping for some opinions. Its supposed to be faster but, like you I will not be forced to sign into windows account. thanks again for the video, I learned some new stuff😎

[@castleofregret]

It's crazy that we have to fight this hard to keep our machines ours. Keep working to find these workarounds, it's very appreciated!

[@jafizzle95]

Thank you for this. I work in IT so naturally I'm on the hook for the family's tech questions. My little sister needed a laptop for school so my parents asked me for a recommendation. I was not aware that the laptop I recommended was using S-Mode so I spent about an hour Christmas morning trying to get it out of S-Mode, but none of the online guides I found worked, so this is a great tip. Thanks.

[@ijLeblanc]

Man, you saved me from a very long night at work. A customer bought an HP 14 and to our surprise, S mode was turned on, naturally I disabled secure boot but S mode was kept on by Windows. I tried everything I've learned for the past 20 years and got frustrated, that was until came across your video searching for a solution 😅 I really appreciate what you did here, such a relief 😮‍💨

[@shable1436]

It pisses all us older computer nerds off bro, your not alone

[@Keaton.]

Does S mode stands for Stupid Mode?

[@user-jz5nc4fn2o]

Scam mode

[@james.10]

Shit mode!

[@AkifKudretYasar]

No its for STORE mode which u can install only on MICROSOFT STORE!!!

[@AkifKudretYasar]

​@@james.10I dont know but i feel like i had S mode in Surface Go maybe?

[@AkifKudretYasar]

No its for STORE mode where u dan only install apps by Store!

[@judemorris3274]

This worked for me on a Dell laptop with Windows 11 Home with S mode. Date was June 6th 2024. I've been fighting this for 5 hours with 3 laptops and nothing worked but what was mentioned in this video. Thank you!

[@DJdoppIer]

Damn, that's incredible!!! I just wish I had this knowledge about 2 months ago. I had a relative that bought a cheap HP laptop from Walmart with S-mode and he wanted me to install Office 2016 (since he didn't want to pay a monthly subscription fee). It wouldn't even let me use the old official Office 2016 installer, and eventually I told him I couldn't help. He ended up returning it and buying Chromebook instead. This "S-Mode" BS is a new level of evil from Microsoft.

[@ikkuranus]

That's good logic. relative can't install what they want on the first locked-down system so exchange it for one that is equally restrictive.

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

Another easy work around is to reinstall using a launch day (2015) Windows 10 CD/USB, they're also backed up on the same website as the wayback machine if you need to download an older version of Windows 10 like that one

[@eisikater1584]

I wish I'd had that knowledge 3 months ago. I bought an Acer laptop from Amazon Germany without even knowing that such a thing as S-mode exists. That thing didn't do anything I wanted, but it let me use Bing and access Google, so I found the information I needed to install my good friends Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, the VLC player, and some more. Hadn't I been working with computers for so many years, I would have returned the machine, or requested help from an expert.

[@emmettbrown6418]

" This "S-Mode" BS is a new level of evil from Microsoft." Preach it brother! I think it's almost an unfair trade practice. Now we know were Microsoft is going with this!

[@TheInsultInvestor]

@@My_Old_YT_Account HAHAHAA NO WIn 7. always better

[@mizzymedia]

I was actually looking how to re-enable S-Mode for my older clients that always install malware. Thanks, this is very useful both ways.

[@trainmaster0217]

You are the "man"! Thanks for showing us how to disable S mode.

[@janisporietis]

At first it didn't work for the 22H2, then I disabled the secureboot and still nothing, but then I redid the steps for 22H2 and it worked like a charm. So having the secureboot off did make a diference, because before that there was no 1 that could be changed to 0, because it already was 0. Thank you so much for this video. I personally am still sticking to Win10 for my own reasons, but this definitely showed me not to install it ever. To be honest not just this, but also the whole setting up part and other things. They're really trying to have a firm grip on us all.

[@Sadie-Vaughn]

This is my issue how did you disable the securboot?

[@jm-vn3ih]

Thank you like your case it didn't work until I disabled the secureboot. Do I need to enabled it back?

[@janisporietis]

@@jm-vn3ih For the particular machine I left it off, but in my understanding secure boot is meant to protect the system from malicious code launch during system startup (malware). I think secure boot can be turned back on, since it was only necessary to make a system change, but it will not impact anything else.

[@benone6308]

Thank you mate. I disabled secure boot now works like new❤

[@josej.d.1133]

Disabling secure boot did the trick for me as well 🎉 thx

[@pafares]

YOU WONDERFUL HUMAN ENTITY! I bought myself a brand new pc and been trying for the past 4 hours to disable this stupid S mode, just watching how this wouldn’t work in any possible way. I tried everything. Even with the microsoft account, it would keep on saying there was a problem. And you YOU came with the solution. Thank you so very much for your time your video and expertise. Liked and subscribed to you. Legend!

[@xonathan5019]

who else here tryna download chrome

[@snake5936]

FOR ANYONE NEW: You'll also need to disable Secure Boot in the UEFI settings after changing the registry key in order for this method to work now. You can access the UEFI settings from the Recovery Troubleshoot Menu shown in the video. After doing this, restart into Windows 11 and confirm that S Mode is indeed disabled. Then, go back to the UEFI settings and activate Secure Boot again. Restart into Windows 11 and you should still have S Mode disabled. :)

[@subasniraula]

I followed the instructions in the video over 100 times, searched thousands of times, and even sought help from ChatGPT, but nothing worked. However, in the end, a single option that you mentioned in your comment fixed my issue. I was exhausted from searching, but a KZbin comment helped me. Thank you so much. I wish you a happy and prosperous life.

[@girbanzobean]

YOU ARE A SAINT!

[@whisperviz1346]

bro, I wish I could give you a cake. This stupid s mode, I just can't deactivated it. For some reason my MS store just refused to load even if i have internet connection, already update everything. This simple solution from you works, this comment need to be pin.

[@AzathothLives]

Appreciate this, it just worked for me. The push and pull against consumers continues.

[@TheDarker00]

THIS COMMENT SHOULD BE PINNED. Took me a while to figure it out but THANK GOD I STUMBLE INTO THIS COMMENT.

[@jeffrenman4146]

I'm a computer guy like yourself and you just blew my mind because you're a straight shooter. You know how rare that is with all the scams and liars here on KZbin… Your video was amazing and stick it to them… I am giving you a thumbs up I also subscribed. imagine Microsoft taking full control of your PC that's disgusting. And then you have to go to their nest and get basic permission to turn it off. People have no understanding just how sick Microsoft has become… I'm still using Windows 7 but it's totally hacked totally modified it's basically unrecognizable and it's running the way I want perfectly… Anyway just came to say I subscribed and thanks for being here. Everybody needs you they just don't know it yet

[@underfasten]

You are a life saver! The ONLY reason I was using Windows was for a proctored final exam, which required the installation of a special browser. This laptop is going straight back to the store.

[@ashipman7931]

What is he saying to type

[@bioteach72]

Thank you SO much. EVERY other thing I tried didn't work. Bought a computer for my daughter and she couldn't even use the programs she needed. I CANNOT thank you enough!

[@bobdinitto]

Very clever workaround for editing the system registry. Watching this makes me happy I only run Linux. My last version of Windows was Windows XP.

[@DiddlyDiPotatoes]

Wow, that is incredibly useful to know. I'll definitely keep a note on that.

[@CyberCPU]

Glad it helped.

[@CrashedIntoTube]

I always just wipe the drive and install a KMS patched version of windows pro with office 2022 But this is handy to note, and love watching these videos. MS and gates are so corrupt, remember the homebrew when they encouraged people to pirate, that was until it affected their own bank accounts.

[@CyberCPU]

@@CrashedIntoTube typically reloading the system won't disable S Mode. I'm not sure how they do it. I think it's part of the activation.

[@CrashedIntoTube]

@@CyberCPU The KMS online patch worked for me Maybe it has to do with what motherboard is in the system and the bios version loaded, so you could be right that my way may not always work I just did this action on a asus laptop someone bought from best buy. It had win 11 S mode, and I changed the bios settings, wiped the hard drive and reformatted it, then installed win 10 pro and activated it with KMS I wouldn't recommend win 11 to anyone, that's why I use win 10 and install O&O shutup

[@CyberCPU]

@@CrashedIntoTube ohh, I see. I didn't even realize we were talking about a crack. I have to use legitimate activations on my customers systems. I don't spend any time looking into activation cracks. That may solve the problem but I would be careful. Many of those kinds of software are used to spread malware. Malware makers will use the same name and promise the same functionality but instead install malware on your system. A license key for Windows is pretty cheap. I have a video on one of the really cheap license websites that I've used in the past and had good luck with. I would recommend checking it out.

[@funnyarc]

9:59 A better way to do this would be with Applocker, which is a application restriction feature in Windows Enterprise, LTSC and i think Education. It used to be in the Pro versions of Windows 10, but Microsoft removed it at some point. It's actually really powerful and thorough, wish they kept it on Pro since it's not just useful for only organizations... However, i heard on newer builds of Windows 10 and 11 Pro, they brought back Applocker, which you can control through gpedit. However, be careful how you configure it, you can basically lock yourself out of using basic programs of Windows properly if you configure it incorrectly.

[@OriginalMergatroid]

If it's not ion every version, then it's not a better way.

[@IFechiMusic]

​@@OriginalMergatroid😂😂😂

[@KJPickles]

Thank you, so much!! I just bought a cheap HP to get me through college, but having Chrome is a tech requirement. I was fine with getting an MS account to turn off S Mode, but kept getting an error. I spent hours googling and chatting with tech support to get this off, and NOTHING worked until I found your video. I was about to send my laptop back. You’re a lifesaver! That said, none of my apps from the Microsoft store will download. I didn’t try them prior to this fix, so the problem could be entirely unrelated. Downloading Chrome was a non-issue, but that was obviously not in the MS Store app.

[@deciusmeridius6118]

This video was a life-saver. I tried every tip I could find to disable S-Mode on my new laptop to no avail, but this finally worked! Keep at it.

[@philip6502]

When I purchased a new Win 11 PC last month, if I found it was in S mode, I would have A: tossed it out the window or B: returned it to place of purchase. Maybe I'm just older and grumpier, but I'm real tired of dicking around with "new" Windows systems. I can remember being excited about a new version. That excitement ended decades ago. 📴

[@RoCkShaDoWWaLkEr]

Decades ago was Win 3.1 or 95, neither of which were worth getting excited about....,

[@captainspire9094]

I still use Office 2000 because everything works. Every program loads instantly, saved files are small, and I don't have every single stupid feature trying to help me. do every single process. This latest mess with Pain 11 just makes me glad I have an OEM of win 10 which I am sure they will force into sunsetting early. I hope they don't try to hurt the people who try to "Fix" this new OS. But you're right, if we give in, they will just start making everything into dumb terminals

[@shadowopsairman1583]

Office 2007 is the Last 1 I'd Use. I Disabled Windows update completely in 11 and haven't had an issue at all. I have a means of updating via powershell with only Updates I specify.

[@richardwernst]

And I thought I was way behind still using Office 2003... :)

[@captainspire9094]

@@richardwernst I just want to type a report, not be assaulted by app helps and popups. I've also has a lot better success with Word 2000 document recovery than many others.

[@jasonbourneistreadstone]

@@richardwernst I have a dual-boot Windows 7/Windows 10. My original Windows 7 Ultimate (before installing 10 Pro on a separate SSD) has Office 2003.

[@harry_stw7424]

And there is me on office 2013 😂

[@neumanix456]

I guess the debloater software I used did this to my Win 11, but the info about loading a hive into regedit was new to me and greatly appreciated!

[@alexoja2918]

Which debloater did you use? Looking for one...

[@neumanix456]

@@alexoja2918 I used TIW11 (This Is Windows 11) and O&O Shutup10++. Also some additional tweaking with Winaero Tweaker.

[@alexoja2918]

@@neumanix456 Thanks!

[@peterbanister1319]

As an office max worker thank you for this amazing guide! we have older clients who still don’t have internet access and with all of this it’s extremely hard to set up their PCs

[@Isaiditschelsea]

I tried a millions different things to get s mode turned off. And it kept telling me to try again even called hp. YOUR WAY IS THE ONE THAT WORKED! I have a hp laptop! Thank you so much !!

[@landries56]

Same here. Amazing.

[@user-np5jc2rb5u]

Went thru 4 videos for disabling S Mode and yours was the only one that worked. Thanks a million

[@elitescouter]

did not work for me

[@t-rozbenouameur5304]

Does not work,.option isnt there

[@Graham6410]

I'm surprised S Mode hasn't earned Microsoft another Anti Trust case like when they had Internet explorer on every windows install.

[@CyberCPU]

It only comes on extremely cheap PCs like the ones you pick up at Walmart. So I don't think enough people are annoyed with it to make it as big of a deal.

[@shadowopsairman1583]

@@CyberCPU sometimes a System that came with 10/11 without S mode enabled may receive a update that causes S Mode to be forced on...

[@CyberCPU]

@@shadowopsairman1583 I've never seen that before. However, that would be really shifty.

[@andmicbro1]

We don't do anti-trust cases anymore. The government lets the big tech companies do whatever they want.

[@Acoustic_Theory]

@@administrator4728 You are thinking of iOS and the App Store. However, they are not exerting as strict single-vendor control over the app ecosystem on the iPhone as Microsoft is doing on Windows S Mode; you can get and use alternatives to the browser and media player, etc. from vendors other than Apple.

[@legionofanon]

Ive come across a few of your videos before, and im impressed by your determination to give Micro$hit the middle finger. Keep it up!

[@tanesham8095]

Thank you! I had an exam today that requires zoom wasn’t able to download the app. You saved me from a lot of stress!

[@Gideos549]

I read this on reddit but didnt tell you about chaging from X: to C: nor unloading the hive, i was 4 fricking hours trying to troubleshoot s mode. THANKS MAN

[@kcinplatinumgaming2598]

microsoft is just a naughty company, you would think they learnt there lesson but just shows what a shady company they really are ,, but saying that we know mr gates is as sneaky with things as he is with his business deals.. not shocked how ms got away with so much over the years he could be the second coming !!

[@shadowopsairman1583]

Bill Gates is corrupt and was making money on trying to force people to get sars vax.

[@freedustin]

learn their lesson? from what? the 90's antitrust case that they won the fk out of?

[@userrrr32]

thats why i had changed to linux

[@chaos.corner]

The lesson was they could do what they want and get away with it.

[@GarfieldFan2004]

And that’s why I switched to a Mac book pro (macOS)

[@cyberhard]

Sadly this no longer works on 12/17/23. Going back to the registry, I can see the key is set to 0. However booting back to Windows, S mode is still active.

[@WildRapier]

Same 6\26\23 Win10 22H2!

[@lambrella1]

Same here 7/30/24 windows 11

[@pikago1811]

Same....is there no solution? :/

[@Evercreeper]

You should put chapters in the description so this video has SEO because it is very useful

[@tooagle]

I was going to go through all this to get my new windows 11 home S mode (S meaning "Are you SERIOUS microsoft" or "STUPID". I was getting a "something happened that we coultn't switch" messages. However after logging off my user account and restarting the laptop, it finally switched. So all this dangerous registry stuff may not be necessary. (All this said, the OP did an excellent job of explaining the steps)

[@Hokuto_de_cuisine]

Lenovo Windows 11 22H2 here (stuck in S mode following a Windows update). I did follow the method but it didn't work. Then I disable secure boot in boot/uefi, and it worked. So thanks a lot!

[@rkx0]

Keep releasing the amazing videos! As a teen wanting to work in I.T when I grow up, your videos are a real inspiration to me and my new hobby of trying to make videos!

[@andmicbro1]

Keep it up! It's a very lucrative field for people with the patience to learn it. And starting young you'll have plenty of time to advance your career. What's more you really don't need to go to college either. Work experience trumps everything else. If you start out working the servicedesk for a few years it'll give you the experience you need to sell yourself and your skills. I went to community college, majored in Computer Science, but never finished my degree. Now I've got student loan debt and I haven't even needed a degree to work in IT. Don't get me wrong, college is a good route for some careers. Or if you want to get a formal education for personal edification. I think there is still a real value there. But way too many people take on student debt just to have a piece of paper in an oversaturated field that doesn't get them a great job. In IT there are a few places where a degree will help you move up. But I wouldn't say it's required. Most places are looking for experience above all. A few things that can help you land a great job, put your relevant hobbies and projects on your resume/CV. Not just random hobbies, but if you wrote a program, if you did a cool tech related project, if you coded an app, put that on your resume! If it's something that could be translated into your work in the IT workplace, put it on the resume. Then once you've got the number of years experience to back you up, no one will be asking about your college degree.

[@HoneypawsModsDE]

YES! That's the right thing to do! Show them big tech companies where the hammer is! Always break free from the Cages the OS Developers put your own tech in, don't let them restrict you from using your tech like you want to! You have my full support because i don't want Microsoft to decide what i should be able to do and what not on MY PC as well! Keep going and tell them "YOU DON'T OWN MY PC, MICROSOFT, YOU DIDN'T BUY IT"

[@kompassorpigo7600]

Tried your hive method. Still in S mode. Tried disabling secure boot. Still in S mode. Tried your hive method _and_ disabling secure boot, and that finally did the trick. Thanks boss. I'll go ahead and reenable secure boot. Should I also set *SkuPolicyRequired* back to 1?

[@CyberCPU]

You can enable secure boot. However, leave the registry the same or it will go back into S mode.

[@fastchast007]

thanks for this, worked for me as well

[@DJayJohnson007]

Thanks man I had to do the same thing on my new Asus.

[@SovietMOB]

All I can say is WINNING 🥇!!!! You have no idea how long this garbage laptop I’ve been trying to fix for mom has been giving me high blood pressure!!! This video deserves 2 👍 🎉 and u deserve a generous amounts of pints of handcrafted brews on me !! Thank you so much my brother!!

[@bethanyriker7449]

Thank you so much! I do have a Microsoft account, but I kept getting an error to try again when I tried doing the straight forward way. I even talked to a tech on the phone who had me reset the computer and nothing helped. I literally wasted hours today until I found your video!

[@KJPickles]

Same, here, and the tech basically told me I’d have to wait for an update to fix it. Have you had any problems downloading apps from the Microsoft store since doing this?

[@acetheangel3752]

@@KJPicklesdid you find a way to get out of S mode?

[@tonyamorris5723]

Man I wish I had found this video sooner. I literally took a laptop back to the store because I could not get our of windows s mode as I too refuse to comply.

[@CyberCPU]

Glad it helped.

[@MiseryFarm]

Ahh, I could have done with this knowledge a couple f weeks back. Thank you, this is awesome. Just going to run a search in the comments for 'Linux' (as I often do on this kind of video). I bet there's a fair few people pointing out the lack of this kind of nonsense on alternate operating systems!!!

[@petemiddleton9788]

Excellent video. I only needed the first minute as I'm on Windows 10 so your old workaround fixed the issue. I've been stuck in that Microsoft store with a "working on it..." message for hours. Thank you - I no longer need to boot up a second laptop to run my CCTV - Subscribed!

[@CyberCPU]

Glad it helped

[@TheFilibar]

Works for me!!! 😀 The machine is Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14ITL05 with Win 11 Home. Just upgraded it from 21H2 to 23H2. First I disabled secure boot from UEFI, tried and it didn't work. Then I found this video and followed the steps with still secure boot disabled. And it worked like a charm! After that I enabled secure boot and everything is working perfect! Thank you, dude, you save me lots of time! 🙇🏻‍♂ God bless you!

[@LumeiryRodriguezGonzalez]

Your comment helped me out a lot!!! Thank you. Got mine working.

[@TheFilibar]

@@LumeiryRodriguezGonzalez Anytime! Glad to help! 👌🏻

[@PaulMcLellan]

I wish KZbin had a LOVE AND EMBRACE button!!! I tried every solution on the internet and this is the only one that worked!!! THANK YOU... now I can finally freaking install Chrome!

[@give_me_my_nick_back]

I'd just format it regardless to remove all the garbage and recovery partition. S mode is pretty great though if you want to give the laptop to very young children or elderly parents, but it should be opt-in rather than opt-out. Xubuntu also works well for this scenario though, since GUI looks pretty much like windows 7.

[@gbear1005]

Better to just give em an Android tablet..

[@give_me_my_nick_back]

good luck teaching your granny typing on a tablet xD

[@rationalbushcraft]

Most of the windows I work on is the pro version in business settings. So I take it you can't use powershell in S mode either. Thanks for this as occasionally I get a client that buys a machine for home and they want to run openvpn to access their company network.

[@CyberCPU]

I didn't test PS but I assume if you can't run CMD then you likely can't run PS ether. They've essentially disabled anything that has to do with administration and don't let you install any apps outside of the Windows store. In the video I enabled S Mode on Windows 11 Pro just so I would have something to do the example on. However, according to Microsoft Windows 11 Pro S Mode doesn't exist. S mode only comes as home edition.

[@itstheweirdguy]

@@CyberCPU I can confirm no on powershell

[@CyberCPU]

@@itstheweirdguy yeah, I figured. That would be a pretty big oversight of Microsoft allowed PS and not CMD. Theoretically you could use PS to modify the registry and I believe the reason why they don't allow you to use those programs is so you can't take the system out of S Mode.

[@itstheweirdguy]

@@CyberCPU Wouldn't it work to go into audit mode and make the registry change, then put it back into oobe..I need to try this. Could save time, even though you can really only do it right after you install windows or buy a new computer and turn it on.

[@CyberCPU]

@@itstheweirdguy That's actually a great suggestion. I hadn't thought of that. If you try it, let me know if it works. I may make another video on it.

[@Lemurion287]

Yep, my very first thought when Windows 11 started absolutely requiring the use of an MS Account to log into your local machine was that it was a step towards a Windows subscription. Can't have a subscription without turning off people who don't pay, and you can't do that without controlling their login information.

[@chaos.corner]

I believe MS also wants people using MS accounts so they can push other services on to you, Google style.

[@TheZaman_]

what bout android phone with Google account?

[@MrPicklesAndTea]

Bing search instead of just searching your computer, news in the taskbar, all of this stuff is an attempt to make a functional tool into a service.

[@Lemurion287]

@@TheZaman_ the difference is that Google lets you skip signing in on setup and the phone will still work even if you won't have access to various apps and features without signing in.

[@TheZaman_]

@@Lemurion287 who say windows can't do the same?

[@franco05]

Perfect, if it doesnt work, just do it 2 times, the 2nd time it worked, and disable Secure mode as He mentions Below. Great tutorial, i subd.

[@SnakeitySpoonGilmour]

YES!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!!! Nothing else I tried worked, but after I disabled Secure Boot and executed this process, S Mode was finally gone! I felt like such a hacker. Thank you, sir.

[@easymochi]

I discovered your channel a few days ago, and instantly subscribed, you explain things really well, always joyful, you don't overdo it, I like that a lot! KZbin needs more people like you! Cheers~

[@Jenny_Digital]

Microsoft: ‘You will own nothing and be happy!’ Church of the Penguin: ‘Welcome weary travellers, come in and be free. We have cookies!’ Been using Linux since the days of Mandrake and still loving it ❤❤

[@andreivaughn1468]

Linux is not really user friendly - sorry man. Plus lots of missing software (or, software that is Windows only, doesn't run on Linux), and a ton of dicking around in the terminal. So much more can be said... but I'll stop here. But man, I thought UAC on Windows was silly until I used Linux - nothing is easier than just opening an administrative CMD, and then everything you do in that CMD window gets admin rights, that's one I'll remember for a while lol.

[@Jenny_Digital]

@@andreivaughn1468 Linux not user friendly… Hogwash, if you’re using something like Mint. As for missing software, it definitely depends on your needs. Programmers are spoilt and gamers on the up though still behind Windows. My feeling is that most of those that don’t like Linux are gamers or Adobe users. Oh and my dad and sister use Linux mint and my sister has never used the terminal.

[@andreivaughn1468]

@@Jenny_Digital Hogwash, really? I don't consider a fully functioning browser the bare minimum requirement for an OS to be useable. Small list of software I use which (I think) doesn't exist on Linux: Foobar2000 Exact Audio Copy iZotope RX8 BES CPU limiter (really important sometimes) Speedfan Directshow(?) Everything search ...and you might laugh, but Microsoft Office Picture Manager, which is still the easiest way to manipulate images (precisely crop, rotate, adjust change contrast, etc) And that's just if we're being generous, if we're not being generous, let's also include: Photoshop (which GIMP is really not an alternative to, I know because I use both) A bunch of games from the 2003-2013 era (not through Steam, because I actually like to own my games) ...And there's probably a few more things in that list, just because you don't use something *every day* doesn't mean it's not useful to have. Sure, some of those can be resolved with Wine, but seriously - I've used Wine before (I also have a Mac) and it's not a perfect solution in the slightest. For all the other ones, it would be accepting losing a bunch of stuff you like and are used to, and settling with alternatives that can carry out the same tasks. Sorry for the rant, but sure, if someone barely does anything specialised, they should be fine on Linux, or someone that's just getting into computing, and doesn't have a bunch of workflows, preferences, habits, and preferred software. But for someone that's used Windows for 10+ years, sorry dude, it might be to late for me.

[@Jenny_Digital]

@@andreivaughn1468 I’m sorry you feel this way, but I really do use my computers for genuine serious stuff and get on fine. There are issues with any OS and as for barely functioning except for a browser, that’s just not fair. I suspect you may have struggled to learn a different workflow and said ‘too hard, don’t bother’ but really, any change of scenery will have some of that effect. I walked away from Microsoft Windows after the W10 betrayal and sure I had to learn some new stuff but now I could hardly remember a better move. Oh and I’m just guessing here, but aren’t you maybe an artist of some kind who might be better off on Mac? I say this because the computer you choose is definitely determined by what you do with it and I _code_.

[@goofyrulez7914]

Good old Microsoft is following Apple's lead and making it's own "pre-approved" Eco-system. I hate the S-mode as MOST of my old programs did not work with it. Microsoft wants you to buy, from them, new software. Not S-Mode but I had BOUGHT Microsoft Office 2010 years ago and imagine my surprise when I found out that in Win 11 MICROSOFT disabled it. They want me to RENT THEIR programs forever. What a bunch of money grubbers they are! (BTW, I switched to LibreOffice and Thunderbird, I will NEVER rent programs from Micro$oft.)

[@CyberCPU]

I've installed office 2010 in Windows 11 before. In fact a few times before.

[@goofyrulez7914]

@@CyberCPU - Thanks, I'll try it again. I rally miss it as I've used it for years and could do things without thinking about it.

[@brentsummers7377]

This move by MS will drive more people to use Linux. In 2 years from now there will be 700 different linux distros & 16 different desktop environments, but even fewer people working on fixing bugs.🤣🤣

[@goofyrulez7914]

@@CyberCPU - my previous install fails as does an attempted reinstall.

[@legionofanon]

@@brentsummers7377 Windows 10 drove me back to Linux LOL But since I like to play games, I kinda have to keep using Micro$hit for a few of them while compatibility is worked on

[@velodus]

Thank you so much for this! I couldn't believe it when S Mode popped up for me for the first time, this is just the most insane feature to start Windows with.

[@CodeSlapper]

Good video... I have run into this twice now. But I am surprised at the number of tech people that do this around-the-block way of getting to the recovery menu, when you can just go to Start->Power and hold down shift while clicking on Restart.

[@yotoprules9361]

to be honest, I didn't even know you could get to the recovery menu via the Settings. Ever since Windows 8 I've always done it through the start menu.

[@paulg5437]

Awesome, someone just asked me this yesterday! You mentioned a 'Fan Control' app, maybe you should make a video on it for older boards 👍

[@CyberCPU]

I already did. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqrboniljMZ1g7c

[@jdest8287]

You could also just go to startup settings from the recovery mode, let the device restart again, and then hit the number 7. This will reboot the device into the OS without the restrictions of S-Mode. From there you can just use the OS registry editor. Second tip is that you can put the device in recovery by simply holding down the shift button as you click restart in the windows power menu

[@mohamedsafwaangulamrasool]

Did you try this for a range of different devices?/ Did this work for anyone else?

[@jdest8287]

@@mohamedsafwaangulamrasoolyes

[@f.g.6370]

Didn't work for me

[@ZacSixChip]

Going to "startup settings" from the recovery mode, and choosing option 7 does temporarily disable S Mode, but editing the registry doesn't seem to stick because after a reboot, S Mode is back on. (2022 Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 i3-1215u, running 21H2)

[@JenMumaw]

@@ZacSixChip this worked for me too (also on a 2022 Lenovo IdeaPad Flex) I didn't have to go into the registry at all.

[@twocows360]

Fantastic video! I haven't encountered this particular slice of nightmare yet and wasn't aware of it, but I'm sure I'll see it at some point. Thank you for the heads-up on this! Also, Firefox is available through the MS store but not Chrome (but ultimately new Edge is based on Chromium anyway so it's not all that much different).

[@PinkAgaricus]

This mode with that information, turns these "laptops" (with S-mode enabled) into an Edgebook, the Windows cousin to the Chromebook. Just the fact that Edge is now a Chomium fork like Google Chrome itself makes this even more true with that mode turned on. My theory is, if these particular "cheap" Edgebooks were supposed to be sold to educational institutions (Elementary/Primary, Middle/Jr High, and High School, not including tertiary education because you can just bring the laptop from home [unless the student or their parents bought one of these Edgebooks thinking it could install external apps], to school) in bulk as a competing option to a Chromebook. I point out those three levels of school because those are the ones I think are the most restrictive in terms of how students should be using them. If a college student were to use one, pandemonium would ensue.

[@robertselvig8835]

i love smart people like you it worked after i turned off the safe mode thank you for taking the time to do this video

[@SewingB]

This video saved the day! I have Windows Home version. I was so frustrated after trying to get help from HP chat for 5 long hours with no results. Then I found your video. Great instructions, easy to follow. It worked! Thank you!

[@andrewuhnal2891]

Doesn't work for me

[@domagojbatinic1526]

wish i had this info earlier. i had a batch of Lenovo tablets at work that came with win 10 home in S mode (i didn't know that they are in S mode) , we were gonna put win 10 ltsc version of windows on them, but i made a mistake of booting up one of them into windows that came on them. you might say no problem you are going to re-install windows any way...well...after reinstall win 10 ltsc were still in S mode, and ltsc doesn't have windows store to get out of S mode. so i had to install home version again, create burner microsoft account , get out of S mode, and then re-install win 10 ltsc for them to be out of s mode. wiser because of this experience i re-installed other tablets straight at first boot and win 10 ltsc were in normal mode

[@CyberCPU]

I've done that before too. Just reinstalled Windows to try and get around S Mode. Not sure how Microsoft does that one. However, it's really shifty. It must be some interaction that takes place during activation at first boot.

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

If I remember correctly entering the non-S kms key can also fix it

[@ruben_balea]

@@My_Old_YT_Account Technically that's a version upgrade, you can upgrade any Windows version to a more expensive one.

[@bryanmcmanigle5267]

I'm on 22H2 & it's still in S mode.

[@georgedomse]

So did you remove S mode or did you turn off the limitations of S mode? Important difference (what happens after an update?)

[@hotpuppy1]

Shut off the damn updater.

[@DerekVasconi]

GOD TIER instructions. Worked like a charm for me. I was about to return my Laptop but thankfully didn't need to. Thank you so so much for this!

[@killerhunt0]

Don't normally comment but wow dude THANK YOU. This was the only fix i could find after a few hours of digging (and calling Lenovo tech support which was on a 24-48 hour response time). Thnaks for taking the time and effort to put this video together and having it be straight to the point/clear. Cheers!

[@Bizzlenoflaws]

i followed all the steps and i still have the S mode :/

[@twitterchick]

Same here

[@1sloGTI]

I just followed this and while it was still in S mode, I was finally able to go thru the store and switch out of S mode

[@Redlights111]

Didnt work :/

[@DanielleShaw-wn4fn]

Did you ever get it figured out? I’ve been trying all day to take mine out of a mode

[@THECAPITAL-ky9kt]

Did u get it figured out?

[@BenjaminAng-ru5ly]

I tried several times but can’t get out of S mode. Help!

[@patrickclark7827]

I followed his steps exactly and it worked for me

[@AdventurousDreams]

THANK YOU THANK YOUUUUU!!!! i called microsoft and they said i would have to buy a whole new computer but this saved my life and the $110 i spent. THANK YOU SO MUCHHHHHHH

[@gregboyles]

Thank you so much. I bought some basic HP laptops to be used at random by different employees for presentations. These are just used and stored - not any person's personal system - just internet and presentation. I could not get S mode off even with a MS account. Now I have office and chrome working.

[@moonsdonut5188]

Man I hope this works this s mode has been killing me I can't even use my pc properly.

[@CyberCPU]

Yeah, s mode is annoying.

[@moonsdonut5188]

@@CyberCPU hi it worked thanks

[@ruben_balea]

95% of the comments: Windows spied on me, now I use Linux... 🤔For some reason I suspect that many of them forgot to say: *and I continue using my Fakebook, Intascam and all other Metacrap products because I really value my privacy and anonymity on the Internet* 🤣

[@gabrielvoc]

Did not work

[@myyoutube6241]

Sem me mi not work

[@NA-jd6zh]

Scroll down to @snake5936 comment… you need to do this extra step in bios for it to work.

[@Ryukage94]

So I tried this and it didn't work originally. I tried every other option I could find and they didn't work. So I undid this and updated the Microsoft store and it was significantly different so I tried this a second time and it finally work. So my takeaway from this is that maybe make sure every update is installed before trying this.

[@AliciaAlegria-ir7fn]

Thankyouuu so much, i got told by the company to go to the store i bought it from and let them fix it. Its 6pm the store is an hour drive. ITS FIXED BECAUSE OF YOU

[@JenniferGoodwinOfficial]

DUUUUUUUDE. I was reading all kinds of "it doesn't work" on other videos and already figured I would have to send this shite back to Amazon. You saved me. Thank you. You're my new "eff the system" pc tech to follow. 👊🏼❤️

[@marshallh.7553]

This is probably the most helpful video I've ever watched on KZbin.

[@luiso.rivera2100]

After trying many ways none of them take me out of S mode. This is the first time I can't disable S mode. Your method worked great with windows 11 23H2. Thanks!

[@VOOODOOO37]

It totally worked, thanks!! I typed each step then emailed the steps to myself, and followed them.

[@snotloutisagod2956]

I went into the BIOS setup and disabled the secure boot option and boom it worked! Well, that and the steps you mentioned. Now I can use my computer as normal.

[@rachaelk2461]

Thank you so much. All of the other tips and tricks that people were suggesting didn’t work, and I kept getting an error message in the Microsoft store. This worked on the first try and was extraordinarily simple to follow. You have my unending gratitude. This S mode is the dumbest thing I have ever encountered while (trying to) use a laptop.

[@patrickclark7827]

Thank you for this. My wife had tried previous methods to no avail. This one worked for us! Windows is really being annoying with this and I hope they somehow disable this in the future

[@yosoyfrancis44]

Thank you for this solution, I got a asus windows 11 and I was unable to turn off my S mode and also couldn't download in the Microsoft store even though I had an account. Your video saved me. Thanks

[@rgpalmersbooksandvideos]

Thankyou CyberTech. I bought a new laptop and Windows wouldn't let me download any apps that weren't in the MS store. You are brilliant. I am wanting to remove edge and bing too and these videos are great. I slowly went through your video and now feel ready to accomplish anything. I am so peeved with MS butting in our lives. I thank you for your brilliant explanations and easy steps.

[@japerelectronics2568]

This was a life saver. I wanted to dual boot a computer I bought into Linux and S mode was becoming problematic. I did have to go into settings and encryption to DE encrypt the drive. From there I went into the bios to disable secure boot. After that I was able to make this method work.

[@wrekk]

This video was a HUGE HELP. A debt of gratitude goes out to you and this channel. Excellent video. Thanks again :)

[@packetattack-netsec]

Thanks, i almost made my new laptop a shooting target before finding this video

[@thebeerheart]

Was on a ton of different forums trying to get around this, thank you so much for putting this together.

[@philrine310]

I was working on a customer's laptop running Windows 11 Home in S mode. I made the change you showed but it didn't work until I also turned off Secure Boot. I had tried turning off Secure Boot previously only but that did not get me out of S mode. I went back in a verified that the registry change was still correct which it was and then turned off Secure Boot. That did the trick. I figured I would pass this along in case others have the same issue. It was running 22H2,

[@CyberCPU]

Yes, I have a new video coming out soon revisiting this.

[@zomalfa4363]

Hey I can't believe I did it! I feel really smart! Well done video. Windows S mode really makes me feel like repeatedly hitting someone with a baseball bat when I discover all the data they extracted is now stuck to the little tool bar in microsoft, even after wiping my computer clean it's there for life.

[@RoyalPrincess410]

Thank you so very much!!!! I have been trying to get rid of S Mode for two days! This is literally the only video that worked for me. God bless you bro ❤

[@jasonstevenson8333]

Thank you so much, spent the best part of two days trying to figure out how to turn it off. Followed your steps and it worked a charm!

[@chrisa4627]

Thanks for keeping me from another trip to best buy. Cheers brother. Was the scariest fix of my life dude

[@alr5373]

So awesome. I'm trying to install Windows 11S without internet on a new cheap tablet. First, I need to use a USB keyboard+mouse. Then I find that S mode disables Shift + F10, so I can't run OOBE\BYPASSNRO. So I use ctrl+shift+esc and work around just to find that OOBE\BYPASSNRO still doesn't work because it's in S mode. Then comes along your video that gets me past that. Now Shift + F10 work so I can now run OOBE\BYPASSNRO. You are 100% correct that this is about control. Thank you for helping the minorities who care about freedom.

[@johnburnett7636]

Got my HP laptop back from their repair center (faulty USB port so they swapped out the mother board) and they also overwrote my Windows 11 pro installation with windows 11 home in S mode. Total disaster since they also wiped all the non windows software I had installed. Impossible to restore the disk image since it was non-Microsoft software. Tried your fix, no joy, until I disabled safe boot in the bios. Fortunately I had made a full image backup of the disk( not my first rodeo) so I recovered everything. HP support decided I needed a new copy of the home OS reinstalled so they sent out a usb stick …no thanks! Your method works when combined with the safe boot disable. Critical that you Make a full image backup of your drive before sending it out for repair. Thanks!!!

[@Dave52732]

Hi Rich, I thank you for this S-Mode tutorial. I have a friend who recently bought a laptop and asked for some help. This was my first exposure to the neutering feature called S-Mode. I did not know how to deal with it, but I knew where to go to find the answers. Now with this nugget of info, on my next visit to my friend, it will allow me to install the Chrome browser on her laptop...

[@nateslighting]

Followed the instructions on Lenovo ideapad 1i. I found this works if you do two things: 1. Follow the instructions in this video AND 2. disable Secure Boot in Bios. It worked for me after doing both of these things, then afterwards you can re-enable Secure Boot if you like and It will stay in non-S mode.

[@ThatGuy-jj3kz]

Thank you! I spent all day trying to fix this issue before finding your vid

[@linuslindqvist3726]

I love you! So many hours searching how to turn it off. And i saw your video and followed your steps and it worked! Thanks alot!!