Report: Microsoft to mothball Windows 10 S in favor of an S Mode
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Microsoft officially unveiled Windows 10 S just nine months ago, but Brad Sams of Thurrott reports that Redmond is already pulling the plug on the locked-down version of Windows. The letter S will be sticking around, but it'll refer to a Windows 10 mode rather than a whole different version of the operating system. Thurott says that after the upcoming Redstone 4 major update is released, the software giant will no longer offer the Windows 10 S versions of its OS. As a reminder, Redstone 3 was the code name of October's Fall Creators Update release. All versions of Windows 10 will reportedly include an S Mode that limits application installs to programs from the somewhat-barren Windows Store.
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