Microsoft Windows 10 Education N – Retail Key (1 PC)

Windows 10 Education N is the European "N" variant of the Education edition, supplied as a Retail licence for 1 PC. The "N" means that Windows Media Player and the related media apps are not included, a result of decisions by the European Commission. Everything else in the system is the same as the standard Education edition.

What the "N" leaves out

• Windows Media Player is absent, along with the audio and video playback and encoding components that depend on it.
• Several media apps are not installed: Groove Music, Films & TV, Voice Recorder, the Camera app and Skype.
• Possible side effect: some third-party software that relies on these codecs may refuse to start until the missing components are added.
• Remedy: Microsoft provides the Media Feature Pack free of charge as an optional feature. It restores the components in a few minutes.

What Education brings

Feature for feature, Education matches Windows 10 Enterprise: BitLocker, AppLocker, Credential Guard, Application Guard, incoming Remote Desktop, Hyper-V, Windows Sandbox, domain or Microsoft Entra ID join, Group Policy and advanced update management. Promotional content and Microsoft Store suggestions are switched off by default, and Take a Test mode can lock a workstation down during an assessment.

Good to know before you order

An "N" key activates on an installation of Windows 10 in the N edition. Download the matching image from Microsoft, install it, then enter the key under Settings › Activation.

• Processor of 1 GHz or faster, 32-bit or 64-bit
• 2 GB of RAM (4 GB recommended)
• 20 GB of available storage
• DirectX 9 graphics card with a WDDM 1.0 driver
• Internet connection for activation and for the Media Feature Pack

Delivery

Odin Key sends the key by e-mail within 24 hours of payment, together with the activation steps, and an official invoice is included. Support in English by e-mail and live chat.