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This is so bad that I'm going to intervene with my elderly parents next PC purchase. Setup a Kubuntu or Mint machine for the using some refurbed wiped former windows 10 machines for a quarter the price.
If you have elderly parents, I advise you all do the same. There are threat actors that want to nab your inheritance before your parents kick the bucket.
I advise Kubuntu or Mint because they're basically Linux for windows users.
My dad is 78 years old, and refuses to go past Windows XP. Everytime I go to his house to fix some bullshit, its because he's riddled with viruses.
He doesn't understand windows xp. You think he's going to understand linux???
I once installed Ubuntu for an 80 year old Finnish woman who escaped the Nazis as a child running across a frozen lake. This was a decade ago. She took to it like a duck to water and said it was great because it made sense, she could easily install anything and it didn't crash. Give your dad the chance at least.