S Mode Problem

RichardC · Jul 12, 2022

I've got a new laptop that's running in S Mode. I tried opening command prompt and it said I had to exit S Mode. Is S Mode that important?

ShamrockRig · Jul 12, 2022

RichardC said:
I've got a new laptop that's running in S Mode. I tried opening command prompt and it said I had to exit S Mode. Is S Mode that important?

Hey, S mode I believe is Safe mode, usually only used for troubleshooting, you should be able to boot into windows normally

EDIT Windows s mode is a streamlined version that only uses apps from the store. Lower end pcs would usually use this if resources are slim. Also apparently once you leave S Mode you cannot re enter it.

glasskuter · Jul 12, 2022

I suggest anyone running in S mode switch out of it into a full fledged Windows. It's very easy to do. Switching out of S mode in Windows

ShamrockRig · Jul 12, 2022

glasskuter said:
I suggest anyone running in S mode switch out of it into a full fledged Windows. It's very easy to do. .https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/switching-out-of-s-mode-in-windows-4f56d9be-99ec-6983-119f-031bfb28a307

I would usually always agree but take a look at his pc specs too

glasskuter · Jul 12, 2022

RockHardSemi said:
take a look at his pc spec

Oops. I missed that. With those specs, I suspect there will be issues even using S mode. I know MS requirements say 11 will run 1 gz/2 cores/4 gb ram but they fail to tell people how poorly it will run.

ShamrockRig · Jul 12, 2022

glasskuter said:
Oops. I missed that. With those specs, I suspect there will be issues even using S mode. I know MS requirements say say 11 will run 1 gz/2 cores/4 gb ram but they fail to tell people how poorly it will run.

I agree it'd be a toughie for me personally but I guess it is what it is, I had someone tell me earlier on they run windows 11 on only 1-1.6gb( or something like that) lol, Theyre may be truth to it but literally my pc just wouldn't work anymore xD

glasskuter · Jul 12, 2022

I will advise the user to stop all unnecessary startup processes, get the OS as lean and mean as possible, and curtail how many windows (and tabs) they have open at one time. What would be a killer for me is if S mode keeps the user from using the command prompt. I was unaware that one could not do that in S mode.

Bree · Jul 12, 2022

RichardC said:
I've got a new laptop that's running in S Mode.....

glasskuter said:
With those specs, I suspect there will be issues even using S mode. I know MS requirements say 11 will run 1 gz/2 cores/4 gb ram but they fail to tell people how poorly it will run.

RockHardSemi said:
I agree it'd be a toughie for me personally but I guess it is what it is, I had someone tell me earlier on they run windows 11 on only 1-1.6gb( or something like that) lol

Just as a test, I have installed 11 Home on a really low spec machine wtih just 2GB RAM. It ran surprisingly well conscidering, but was a little sluggish. I have other machines with a more reaonable 4GB RAM, they run W11 acceptably well.

The OP should already be aware of the performance this machine is achiving in S Mode. If that is acceptable performance for the use it's put to, then switching out of S Mode shouldn't make it any worse.

The Celeron N4020 in the OP's specs has a higher benchmark then the Celeron N2930 in another of my machines.

Intel Celeron N4020 vs Celeron N2930 [cpubenchmark.net] by PassMark Software

www.cpubenchmark.net

My machine only has 4GB RAM too, but I'm currently runing the Release Preview build of 22H2 22621 on it without any issues. Mine does have an SSD which helps make it feel fast enough, the OP's HP Stream should have a 64 GB eMMC so that would help too.