Can't switch out of S Mode without admin username and password

[Talha Lalmia]

This laptop, Lenovo Ideapad was given to me secondhand with probably an admin Microsoft account used to log into it and S Mode already switched on, which I don't have access to, pin, nor password, anything. I do have an account that was made for me and it is logged into, but when I go to Microsoft store, try to switch out of S Mode and press "Get", it asks for the admin account's "PIN" which unfortunately the one who made the account doesn't remember nor have it anywhere written down as she made the account on a whim.Clicking "I forgot my PIN" in Accounts > Sign-in options in Settings does

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