Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils

Re:Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils by volkl48 on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:24PM (#27518536)

Windows S mode is a tightly locked down mode that only allows Microsoft Store Apps to be used and only allows Microsoft Edge for a browser. It's basically making your computer like a Windows 10 edition of a Chromebook.

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I'm all for "you shouldn't need a Microsoft account to use your computer", but if you want to you use the locked down mode that is specifically FOR tight integration with MS's services and limiting you from everything else....needing a Microsoft account seems to make sense.

Why are you using S mode if that's not what you want?

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Re:Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils by dantondwa on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:32PM (#27518658)

I'm fully aware of what S mode is. A family member bought a 600€ laptop from Dell that came with Windows S. To unlock it and allow said family member to install software that is not on the Microsoft Store (which is to say, any software, really), we had to setup a Microsoft account, as otherwise it was impossible to unlock it. And by the way, I doubt it's anyone's choice to use S mode. It certainly wouldn't be mine.

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Re:Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils by miles on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:59PM (#27519072)

> we had to setup a Microsoft account, as otherwise it was impossible to unlock it.

Why not boot from a Windows 10 ISO and install Windows Home from there? As an added bonus, it would be a lot cleaner without all of the Dell junkware as well.

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Re:Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils by pizza on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @04:41PM (#27521222)

It probably wouldn't be anyone's choice, but on the other hand, it's probably many people's non-choice, i.e. people who don't care about or know which OS they use

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