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You can't? Explain.
by car_analogy 5y ago
You can't? Explain.
- jotm 5y agoI'm guessing the need to create a MS account when installing Windows?
- itronitron 5y agoThere is some OEM version of Microsoft Windows that comes preinstalled on some computers, and if you create a local account instead of a 'Microsoft account' when setting up the machine then Windows will block you from installing any application that isn't in their app store. Two of my family members are now happy users of Ubuntu.
- Macha 5y agoS mode is the name of this restricted variant. Comes on surface and low end devices mostly. You need to do the "add microsoft account, go to the microsoft store to leave S mode, go through what is effectively a OS reinstall, create local admin account, remove MS account" dance if you want to convert to a regular windows install from it.
- grishka 5y agoCan't you just format the hard drive without ever booting into what's on it out of the box and install one of those "lite" Windows builds from rutracker that ditch all the non-essential parts?
- Macha 5y agoOn the systems this applies to, probably not. There's not a keyboard shortcut to enter the UEFI and the reboot into UEFI from the OS option requires real local admin access which in turn requires you to leave S mode first.
- itronitron 5y agoYeah, thinking about this from a business strategy perspective... it doesn't seem smart to lose an existing and future customer by handicapping a low end device. Especially when removing windows and installing linux restores the device to its full capability.