I just bought a couple Leveno laptops on Amazon for my Church, to use with "message boards" -- just a big screen TV to display church information, announcements, etc in a slide show type format.
They came with Windows 10 S Mode. Basically, Windows 10 SECURITY --- locked down tighter than a drum, unable to run ANYTHING that doesn't come as a Windows App from the App Store.
I figured out how to "switch out" of S mode, but SHEEEEESH, you have to go through the whole idiotic "setup" process, including forcing you to have or get a Microsoft account, blah blah blah...
For example, you have to put in a birthdate, but to use my actual birthdate, you can't "scroll" to my birth year (60+ years ago), you just have to keep clicking the up arrow button until you eventually get there.
This is maddening --- AFTER you go through all that crap, THEN you can go to the Microsoft store, search for "switch out of S mode", enter your cell phone number, get a code, THEN go to an unlocked Windows mode that allows you to use Firefox, for example.
This is NUTS!!!!
They came with Windows 10 S Mode. Basically, Windows 10 SECURITY --- locked down tighter than a drum, unable to run ANYTHING that doesn't come as a Windows App from the App Store.
I figured out how to "switch out" of S mode, but SHEEEEESH, you have to go through the whole idiotic "setup" process, including forcing you to have or get a Microsoft account, blah blah blah...
For example, you have to put in a birthdate, but to use my actual birthdate, you can't "scroll" to my birth year (60+ years ago), you just have to keep clicking the up arrow button until you eventually get there.
This is maddening --- AFTER you go through all that crap, THEN you can go to the Microsoft store, search for "switch out of S mode", enter your cell phone number, get a code, THEN go to an unlocked Windows mode that allows you to use Firefox, for example.
This is NUTS!!!!
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