We run a lot of Win 11 machines and don't have to do the App Store bull shit. I've not heard of "S" mode (I'm sure you've done your research about it and that's a new thing to me) before. Like you say, getting stuck with the bullshit App Store takes away ANY advantage to a PC. You might as well be buying a buying a Mac if you have to deal with that kind of bullshit. I'm not familiar at all with "store" bought stuff and buy from Dell directly. Maybe that's how I've avoided the BS?
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Kind of makes sense that it's the "consumer" version.
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Glad I don't have to deal with that stuff
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Yeah my design computer has 11 on it and never gave me any of this grief.
I can get to the link option to where itās supposed to let me out of S mode, but when I click it it just says āa problem occurred and we cannot do the upgradeā and it gives a button for ātry againā but then doesnāt do anything after that.
Iāve tried updating everything, including all of Windows 11 itself and the App Store and anything updateable and nothing gives. Tried resetting the computer umpteen times.
Iām not real computer savvy though.
It wonāt even let me run Google Chrome, it wants to make you run Microsoft Edge.
Anyways, I did a hard-reset on the laptop and wiped any of my sign-in info and Iām just gonna try a different one. I *might* try it all again tomorrow before taking it back if I decide I have the patience, but thatās a decision for future me.
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I have no patience, and tried again.
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