Leaving S mode without a MS account?

We bought a friend a new HP laptop, and it comes in Windows 11 in S mode.
I know how to get out of S mode in Windows 10, but it always asks for a Microsoft Account to the Microsoft Store and then "GET" to get out. I would assume it is the same with Windows 11, yes?

However, Jim does not have a Microsoft Account. Is there a way to get his computer out of Windows 11 in S mode without a MS account?
He wants to install Firefox and use that as a browser, as well as some other non Microsoft programs that he has used before.

So, is it possible to get out of S mode without a MS account?
Thanks!

You need to have a Microsoft Account in order to change the license from S to Home on the Microsoft Store. The only reason to swap out of S mode is to install apps that are not offered in the Microsoft Store. Otherwise there is no need to take it out of that mode.

Gibbs said:

We bought a friend a new HP laptop, and it comes in Windows 11 in S mode.
I know how to get out of S mode in Windows 10, but it always asks for a Microsoft Account to the Microsoft Store and then "GET" to get out. I would assume it is the same with Windows 11, yes?

However, Jim does not have a Microsoft Account. Is there a way to get his computer out of Windows 11 in S mode without a MS account?
He wants to install Firefox and use that as a browser, as well as some other non Microsoft programs that he has used before.

So, is it possible to get out of S mode without a MS account?
Thanks!

What's the big deal?

Change local account to temporary MS account, do S change, change MS account back to local account (even close down online MS account if really worried about the endless "MS is spying on you" bovine excrement)