I purchased a laptop for my son to use for school, and I cannot disable S Mode on this thing. As a result, he cannot install a bunch of the programs he needs for some of his classes.

I have tried everything I have been able to find suggested online, nothing works!!! He is signed in with a Microsoft account, everything is up to date, I’ve deleted caches, I’ve gone so far as to do a factory reset. This feature cannot be disabled! When I get to the Turn Off S Mode page, the “Get” button is greyed-out and unclickable. Underneath, in yellow text, it tells me to “Contact your IT department or system administrator”. Excuse me? It’s a personal laptop!!! It was purchased at Walmart, not provided by the school – who exactly am I supposed to contact?

This is the stupidest feature I have ever seen!!!

​I purchased a laptop for my son to use for school, and I cannot disable S Mode on this thing. As a result, he cannot install a bunch of the programs he needs for some of his classes. I have tried everything I have been able to find suggested online, nothing works!!! He is signed in with a Microsoft account, everything is up to date, I’ve deleted caches, I’ve gone so far as to do a factory reset. This feature cannot be disabled! When I get to the Turn Off S Mode page, the “Get” button is greyed-out and unclickable. Underneath, in yellow text, it tells me to “Contact your IT department or system administrator”. Excuse me? It’s a personal laptop!!! It was purchased at Walmart, not provided by the school – who exactly am I supposed to contact? This is the stupidest feature I have ever seen!!!  Read More

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