Windows 10: Senior proofing a laptop?

Hi! I have an old laptop I’m planning on giving to my 76 year old father. Any tips on how to set it up for him? Would it be possibly to have the laptop close automatically at a certain time? (He will stay up until 5 am watching YouTube videos. I would rather not have to take the laptop from him, but rather have it be useless after say midnight so he ‘chooses to go to bed on his own’) Thanks!

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Best laptop under $800??

Well the last one I suggested seems to be the best for 650$

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Win 10 and Seniors

I can't agree with the idea that seniors are not a tech savvy generation. Why not? A senior is just as intelligent as a younger person. And a young person can be just as computer-illiterate as an older person.

The most valuable skill that a computer user of any age needs to have is the ability to backup. With regular backups, computer problems are an inconvenience but never a crisis.

With Windows 10 in particular, computer users of all ages need to learn how to avoid being upgraded to Windows 10. This knowledge is available on the web for you to teach. For most people, installing the GWX Control Panel or Never10 ends that problem for
good.

So the one-two solution to avoid getting stuck with Windows 10 is:

• Restore a backup from before the upgrade.
• Install the utility to avoid the upgrade.

It's time for seniors to stop convincing themselves - or letting other people convince them - that they're too old to learn.

 

Laptop overclocking adventures

hey guys I'm trying to get clockgen to work on my laptop but can't get any of the plls to work, can you please post like exactly what steps I need to take to test each pll to see if it works? my specs are listed to the left
thanks!