Windows 10 s mode removal without msft account??

[ell]

Have this brand new hp with s mode crap, cannot remove it without logging into msft, anybody found a fix? In place Upgrade from desktop work?

 

[Sky-Knight]

Nope, you login with an account and remove it. That is the only process that works.

 

[ell]

Nope, you login with an account and remove it. That is the only process that works.

well I already started a in place upgrade, its said it was installing win 10 home, guess we'll see

 

[nlinecomputers]

well I already started a in place upgrade, its said it was installing win 10 home, guess we'll see

Unless you have a retail copy and you used a universal iso your wasting your time. The key in the bios is S (what else could it be) so S is what gets installed.

 

[ell]

Yup, made a act then dumped it, stupid msft just keeps making things complicated

 

[britechguy]

These days, even if the only Microsoft Account you have is for the purpose of doing things like this, you still need to have one.

Once the changeover to Home/Pro has been completed, it's a simple matter to create a local account with admin privileges, then nuke whatever MS-Account linked account had been present to accomplish the changeover.

 

[fincoder]

There's no need to use a Microsoft Account login to remove S mode. You just specify the account in the app store.
Also there's no need to create a new local profile to disconnect a Microsoft Account.

 

[britechguy]

Also there's no need to create a new local profile to disconnect a Microsoft Account.

Indeed, but there is if you want your folder structure to not have "the ghost of another account." You can also go from a local account to a MS-Account linked account without creating a new account (profile). That's what I did on this computer, but it's still very weird to see my home directory be C:\Users\Erase (and Erase was the original local account name, and that's what I'd intended to do after creating a new MS Account Linked account).

I generally like things tidier than they are if you "convert" a local to MS-Account linked or vice versa.

 

[fincoder]

That's the other benefit of creating a local account during the setup stage, you get to choose your profile folder name!