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asada21805
Copper Contributor
Dec 18, 2025

Windows Recall preview missing Windows 11 Education

Hi,  

 

I meet all the requirements for the Recall feature, except that I’m using Windows 11 for Education, which isn’t managed by any organization—I just have its license key.  

 

Will Recall still work in this case?  

 

Thank you.  

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    asada21805
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    I was finally able to do it, 

    Things to consider: 

    Windows 11 Education should be standalone, not managed by your IT admin. which it was in my case then make sure you meet all other requirements and run 

    For some commercial environments, the Recall package doesn't automatically deploy, so to deploy Recall you'll need to manually enable the package, using the following PowerShell command: Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Recall" This will be fixed in a future update.

    Details here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/manage-recall

    Then one more step 

    Perfect — that’s exactly what I expected, and you’re in the right place now 👍
    Let’s finish this cleanly and safely.

    What your situation means (important)

    You are at:

    Computer
    └─ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
       └─ SOFTWARE
          └─ Policies
             └─ Microsoft
                └─ Windows


    There is no WindowsAI key here.

    👉 This means no policy has ever been set for Recall on this machine.
    This is normal.

    What you should do next (depends on your goal)
    ✅ If your goal is to ALLOW / ENABLE Recall via policy

    (meaning: do not block it)

    Right-click on Windows

    Select New → Key

    Name the key exactly:

    WindowsAI


    Click on WindowsAI

    Right-click in the right pane → New → DWORD (32-bit) Value

    Name it exactly:

    AllowRecallEnablement


    Double-click it → set Value data = 1

    Click OK

    Reboot



    I hope it helps someone :) 

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