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Fix: Cortana is Disabled by Company Policy in Windows 10/11

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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The Settings app on Windows 10 is the new modern control center to make changes in a lot of the components on Windows 10. Windows 10 was developed as an operating system that not only home users but also the office users could use.

When you use Windows 10 in an office, chances are that many settings and programs on Windows 10 are disabled by default by your organization. This is a measure taken by companies to make sure that their employees are not able to access any kind of setting or part of the operating system that they are not allowed to.

It is totally understandable if your company has restricted use ofCortanaon your office/company machine but if you have a PC at home and you still see this message, then it might be disappointing for sure. This is an error on Microsoft’s part and can happen cause of a lot of reasons.

Reasons such as having your work or school Microsoft Exchange account setup on your PC can restrict you from usingCortanaat all! But you can actually fix this pretty easily. You can just remove that email account from work or school that is restricting you from usingCortana. Let’s see how to fix this.

What to do if Cortana is Disabled by Company Policy

Table of contents:

Solution 1 – Make sure your PC is runningCortanasupported region and language

Follow the steps to verify the language and region settings. This should fix this error.

Solution 2 – Delete your work/school email account

Follow the above steps and you will not see the error message. But if you still see the message, move to the Mail app on Windows 10. Most of the users who received the machines either from school or from their workplace have a Corporate Exchange account configured in the Windows 10’s Mail app. These accounts may not allowCortanato be used. To fix this follow the below steps.

Solution 3 – Check Regional settings

If you were able to useCortanaseamlessly before the update, and now it’s not available, there’s a great chance that something with your Region settings is wrong. Either you have installed an unsupported language by mistake or the installation changed the settings on its own. In both cases, you can resolve this issue in a few easy steps.

Solution 4 – Run the Apps Troubleshooter

We can also use Windows 10’s built-in troubleshooting tool to resolve problems withCortana. Here’s what you need to do:

Solution 5 – ResetCortana

If none of the previous solutions resolved the problem, let’s try resetting Cortana. To resetCortana, just follow these instructions:

Solution 6 – Enable Cortana inRegistry

If there’s no other way to activateCortana, there’s a usefulRegistrytweak you can try. To enableCortanain theRegistryEditor, do as follows:

Solution 7 – Run theSFCscan

If Windows 10’stroubleshooterdidn’t get the job done, we can try with theSFCscan. Here’s how to run it:

Solution 8 – Run DISM

And the lasttroubleshooterwe’re going to try is DISM. Here’s how to run DISM in Windows 10:

Fix “Managed by your organization” message

“Managed by your organization” message mostly appears when to try and change the settings for Microsoft’s default telemetry program. If you don’t know what a telemetry program is, then let me explain it to you. As you know Microsoft collects a bunch of anonymous usage data from your Windows 10 machine. Telemetry helps them in capturing and sending the data from your PC to Microsoft’s servers where Microsoft will look at your data and see how people are using their PC to enhance the experience in a better way. You need to make some changes in order to make sure Cortana works.

Windows 10’s Cortana and some other services need this setting to be at ‘Enhanced’ or even ‘full’ mode. After changing these settings,Cortanawill work on your machine normally.

Fix: Cortana is Disabled by Company Policy in Windows 10/11#

What to do if Cortana is Disabled by Company Policy#

Solution 1 – Make sure your PC is runningCortanasupported region and language#

Solution 2 – Delete your work/school email account#

Solution 3 – Check Regional settings#

Solution 4 – Run the Apps Troubleshooter#

Solution 5 – ResetCortana#

Solution 6 – Enable Cortana inRegistry#

Solution 7 – Run theSFCscan#

Solution 8 – Run DISM#

Fix “Managed by your organization” message#