Note these differences affecting switching modes in various releases of Windows 10: Use the following information to switch to Windows 10 Pro through the Microsoft Store or by navigating to Settings and then Activation on the device. Switch one device through the Microsoft Store If a device is switched out of S mode via the Microsoft Store, it will remain out of S mode even after the device is reset. This restores a Windows device to the factory state, even if the user needs to replace the hard drive or completely wipe the drive clean. The only way to rollback this kind of switch is through a bare-metal recovery (BMR) reset.

While it's free to switch to Windows 10 Pro, it's not reversible. Use the following information to switch to Windows 10 Pro through the Microsoft Store. Intune (switch/convert any number of devices selected by admin) Microsoft Store (switch/convert one device at a time) Store for Education (switch/convert all devices in your tenant) Then you can switch or convert it to this edition of Windows 10 by these methods: The following quick reference table summarizes all of the switches or conversions that are supported by various means: If a device is running this version of Windows 10 Depending on the details, you might switch between S mode and the ordinary version or convert between different editions while staying in or out of S mode.

Many other transformations are possible depending on which version and edition of Windows 10 you're starting with. You can switch devices running Windows 10, version 1709 or later. However, in some limited scenarios, you might need to switch to Windows 10 Pro, Home, or Enterprise (not in S mode).

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