Can't switch out of S mode: "Try that again"

Anonymous
2022-01-04T19:02:49+00:00

I recently purchased a laptop that came with the S mode of Windows. On the first startup it automatically installed Windows 11 (so downgrading to 10 is not an option). After set up etc. I updated Microsoft Store and installed various Windows updates and tried to switch it out of S mode. Instead, for the past few hours and with each of the hundreds of attempts, I keep getting a window that says "Try that again. Something happened on our end. Waiting a bit might help" along with an error code that changes every time. I am burned out and all out of ideas, any assistance on the matter will be greatly appreciated.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-23T00:44:05+00:00

    after crazy research there's 2 ways so far one worked for me instantly all i did was hold shift and the press restart to go to recovery menu ( you can do that by searching the start search for reset this pc and after clicking it choosing advanced..... and restart) anyway in recovery go to trouble shot... then choose the uefi...... and continue to restart . ( please note that all this is to reach bios menu which you can get to by restarting and click one of the F buttons i guess F12 or even by a hard bios button on mother board) ok so after that all you have to do is go to boot options/settings and disable secure boot thats itttttttt !!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-20T16:39:59+00:00

    Sanchit,

    After doing the hard reset of the pc. I was able to disable S Mode, so thank you for the info to get this sorted.

    Mike

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-19T05:28:50+00:00

    I just bought a Windows 11 HP laptop from Best Buy. I can NOT get it out of S-mode no matter what I do. Should I take my laptop back to Best Buy to see if they can fix it? Or should I call Microsoft since it's the Microsoft store I am having issues with?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-18T19:47:55+00:00

    I did everything and finally called IT support. They fixed it, but it took a few tries reinstalling the operating system. It's certainly a glitch on their end.

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