How does that protect from malware? The basic idea of S mode is to restrict the user to install anything only from the store.
That really makes impossible to launch downloaded iinstallers possibly containg malware. But the basic idea of a malware is to circumvent standard legitim ways to be executed.
Edit:
Oh, yes 
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Windows-10-S-can-be-infected-with-malware.230088.0.html
There seems to be a way of doing so.
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/switch-to-s-mode-in-windows-11.28447/
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-switch-back-to-windows-s-mode
@kovacslt
I respect you and admire you for your knowledge of Linux, it is far superior to mine, as a user of both Linux and Windows, I find the use of Windows being far from dead, and for several other millions in this world.
That 16GB of ram was updated, recently, for a Linux project I am pursuing, but it did not help, so I scraped the project and installed Windows, and I have W11, on one machine that only has 4GB of ram.
So please save the Linux rhetoric, I run the OS that works the best on my machines, and if and when I want to play with or use Linux, then VirtualBox does a great job.
If one thinks the install of W11 is easy, try doing it on unsupported hardware.
Ok you can switch it back on now.
But you gain nothing as you are forced to use edge and windows store. But it does not offer any better protection from virus issues.
Plus the store is open to virus problems itās not like a Linux repository itās just a money printer for Microsoft no more
Also for virus removal progs.
edge runs just fine
I have never gotten a virus from the MS store!!!
I think most of the viruses in Win come people downloading 3rd party software from non-microsoft sites. That seems to be a common practice in Win, because Win does not have comprehensive repos like linux .
When Win people move to linux, they tend to do the wrong thing and go looking around the internet for stuff they could get safely from their own distros repository.
It is the package system, and the people who build it, that makes linux and bsd safe from malware.
I can agree with that. Back in the day we sold and supported Compaq/HP equipment, and I knew how to get my hands on drivers and could load Windows in short order. When I had to do the same on an IBM PC (see how long ago this was?) I struggled to find drivers.
More recently I got a Dell Inspiron laptop that has an 11th gen i7. So, it is three years old or so. But it also has an Intel Optane drive. I attempted to get it to dual boot with Linux but couldnāt seem to get it to work. I decided at that point Iād just run Pop!_OS for a bit. Eventually I tried to load Windows again and couldnāt because I didnāt have the proper drivers or something.
Windows can be a bit of a struggle to install. In general, itās pretty easy, but I have found exceptions.
Computers for me are both tools and toys. I tend to run what works for the most part. Itās sure nice that many Linux distros work well and are free.
I can agree to a certain extent. I think most people would also say the relative obscurity of Linux also contributes to that. The security design and execution are both really good on Linux. But how much do you think being a super small target helps?
Everyone touts Linux as being super secure, but I check each day and sometimes multiple times per day for patches and there are almost always a few more patches. A high percentage of these are patches for security issues. Itās good that they get patched but imagine if 80% of the computers ran Linux. Thatās where all the hackers would put their effort, and it wouldnāt look so rosy.
Well, Linux basically runs the entire internet. Letās just say itās got a huge crosshair painted on it.
Desktop Linux benefits a lot from the securing being done by the server industry, as many of the desktop packages are exactly the same packages as used on the server.
And that is why one should use what is stored between the ears to know what is good or bad, because Windows will usually give a warning.
That is true.
What about choiceā¦ i want to be free to make my own decision
Ok next time i get a client in with a virus I will give them your number to sort, you can okay then to download a repair tool and fix and pay for the pleasureā¦
Only joking
We all have the things we choose to use and recommendations.
I always tell clients to use the software repositories and not get direct from the web, perhaps i am blinkered in that way
I dont have a problem with microsoft, when i decided I no longer liked the direction, I left and moved on. For the last 40 years most of my income has come as a result of problems with windows machines so no complaints with that, but my choice for myself is linux. Yes my wife still uses windows but I know her 10 will just not support 11 so sometime in the future she will have to use the linux box on her desk instead and her prefered box I will upgrade to linux.
Yeah, usually a blue screen.
For me, windows 7 was ok, after that was downhill.
Blue screen of death
I did not realise just how many bsd there were although I have experianced many over time.
I discovered it also came in red or purple versions
But to be fair for mac users, I have also experiences of a sad mac or a boing sound crash
But like most technicians listening to start up sounds trying to work out if it memory, disk or motherboard problems with the beep code,
On a laptop?
Yes why not ?
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000132041/understanding-beep-codes-on-a-dell-notebook-pc
Hp, compaq, asus, acer ā¦ they all get them as its motherboard post errors
Even mac but the sound is totally different
I had an asus a while ago but currently have an acer and a clevo.
Non of those ever have given a beep code upon startup.
Not blinkered.
Teach them to use vires scanners ( eg clam) in linux.
One does occasinally have to download some third party itemā¦ eg I use keenwriteā¦ it comes as a statically compiled binaryā¦ no other option
My current desktops dont beep at the post testā¦ one is asus, one is dell. My old 486 used to.
I have a Dell Studio XPS from 14 years ago or so and it does have beep codes. You donāt hear the beep codes when things are working. This one will have issues now and again. Iāve replaced hard drives and keyboards and video cards as they have issues or just get old and slow, etc.
What about choice? No one forces one to use Edge!!! I use Edge and sometimes either Firefox or Chrome, do not see your issue!!! Nothing wrong with Linux, just do not like or use Linux for my daily driver!!! Unlike all the hardcore, Linux users, on this forum, I can go either way!!! Their is a life beyond Linux!!!