To help anyone dealing with Ms crap -
get Win10 LTSC. It gets updates 2x/year, has very minimal bloat. (Or Win11 LTSC if that's what you want).
Then get O&O Shutup to reduce bloat even more.
And you can permanently license it using Microsoft's own scripts.
There are some tools to ensure Recall is fully un-installed and blocked. Group Policy will definitely prevent it from ever running, and LTSC is a Pro version, so Group Policy functions properly.