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If your parents don't have any Windows specific software, you can quietly switch their PC to Linux.
Use Linux Mint Cinnamon, as it is really close to Win 7 interface, and they got one of the best out-of-box experience as well as hardware support (especially for aging devices).
You can either tell them you installed a new theme, or you can have a theme that mimics Windows 7. In my case, I opted for the latter, fooling a friend who needed to use it in the process.
I don't think that's at all a good idea lmao
please do not just install random shit on other people's devices wth
They will notice 100%, and be angry about it as it looks different and don't work the same way. It will be annoying and ask you to revert back so they can work. They dont want to learn something new when they dont have time and are stressed and have not learned anything. You need to go through it on your own computer first and ask them what they think and why they have to use it.
In comparison: my mom was pissed that I forget that to install Chrome and had to use MS Edge which was too confusing for her to understand. It showed a weird page with news, weather, ad, Bing search etc as soon as she started it and could not understand why she was not seeing the familiar Google search webpage. Edge bad, she said. Too much popus.