Hi Kerry,
We're glad to clarify this for you.
Windows S mode is streamlined for security and performance, while providing a familiar Windows experience.
To increase security, it allows only apps from Microsoft Store and requires Microsoft Edge for safe browsing.
Also, we'd like to clarify that switching out of S mode is one-way. If you switch out of S mode, you'll need to keep using the standard version of Windows 10.
If you'd still prefer to install AVG after disabling S mode, we may need to verify if your computer has the supported hardware.
Reason being, some of the new PCs are distributed with Windows 10S and some of them have ARM-based processors, which we do not support.
For more info about S mode, you can check this article.
Trying to download AVG but stopped by S mode. I need AVG security. What can I do?
Hi Kerry,
We're glad to clarify this for you.
Windows S mode is streamlined for security and performance, while providing a familiar Windows experience.
To increase security, it allows only apps from Microsoft Store and requires Microsoft Edge for safe browsing.
Also, we'd like to clarify that switching out of S mode is one-way. If you switch out of S mode, you'll need to keep using the standard version of Windows 10.
If you'd still prefer to install AVG after disabling S mode, we may need to verify if your computer has the supported hardware.
Reason being, some of the new PCs are distributed with Windows 10S and some of them have ARM-based processors, which we do not support.
For more info about S mode, you can check this article.