# Just a little frustrated **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389 "2025-05-22T12:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/142 "2025-06-12T12:39:48Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > Later today I have to go put the dryer back together, nuts and bolt I get, software and most things computers not so much… From my person experience people like you have the ability to work with computers but either not the desire or just a phobia. From your posts and our conversations, you seem to have a good mind with good critical thinking skills which are extremely important to work with computers. Anyone can be taught to change oil or disc brakes. It’s takes critical thinking skills to diagnose problems to determine what the problem is. I find a good mechanics skills and a software engineer skills to be very similar. First you’re given a problem to solve. Then you diagnose what the problem is. Then you determine the best solution and then execute your solution. When finished you test to see if it worked. Those are the exact same steps good software engineers take every day. The major difference is our solutions mainly don’t take hours or days, but sometimes months and we’re working with a team of other engineers. But the skills are the same. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/143 "2025-06-12T12:56:32Z")
I agree that some people seem to have a phobia about everything in connection with computers. I know a guy who frequents websites that are… let’s just say… sites that you wouldn’t want your grandchildren to see. As a result of surfing sketchy sites, he winds-up with serious computer infections several times each year. I have repeatedly told him to install a good anti-virus program, but he says that he “doesn’t want to screw-up the computer”. This could be a genuine phobia, but I think that the real reason is his cheapness in regard to everything. When he gets one of those inevitable infections, he has a guy come to his house–to the tune of $100 per visit–in order to de-bug the computer. So, the guy who is too cheap to spend $50-$80 once each year for a good anti-virus program winds up spending a few hundred $$ each year, instead. Once again, an example of the people who want to save the most money who actually wind-up spending the most. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/144 "2025-06-12T13:43:17Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > I agree that some people----- I told you that in confidence sir… 🤣 My issue is I get overwhelmed with computers, I tried following the reddit advise that Twin Turbo posted the link to, and it said Settings\>Privacy/Search/Search\> = Search what?? I have search permissions and or searching windows, I have looked in both and nowhere have I found \>Address bar and search (all the way at the bottom)… My wife can’t follow this either on her laptop… ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/145 "2025-06-12T13:49:48Z")
OK, So how do I uninstall Yahoo when I can’t find it on my laptop?? Wifey said it’s not on her laptop either… ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/146 "2025-06-12T14:00:02Z")
It doesn’t seem to be the Yahoo app, but just the default browser. This is usually caused by Malware/virus. Try [Malewarebytes](https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download). This is FREE and I hear it works good. I pay for Norton-antivirus so I’ve never used Malewarebytes but it is legit. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/147 "2025-06-12T14:24:18Z")
davesmopar- You know where above you accessed the search settings for google- ![Screenshot 2025-06-12 102042](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/b/dbd2f22fe4a9df5b3feb88bc9cab685a38253433.png) See the last item on that page- “Manage search engines and site search” click on that and you’ll see something like this- ![Screenshot 2025-06-12 102007](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/4/f48afe2afbe280a7f4ecd3a445edef7df4d11c8e.png) Click on the 3 dots next to Yahoo! and you are given the options in the box shown where you can delete Yahoo! as an option. Maybe that will stop it reverting there if it’s no longer an option… ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/148 "2025-06-12T14:45:59Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > It doesn’t seem to be the Yahoo app, but just the default browser. This is usually caused by Malware/virus. Try [Malewarebytes](https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download). This is FREE and I hear it works good. I pay for Norton-antivirus so I’ve never used Malewarebytes but it is legit. Done… Thank you again!! ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/149 "2025-06-12T14:46:36Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > davesmopar- > > You know where above you accessed the search settings for google- Done, and thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/150 "2025-06-12T16:54:29Z")
I think it is a language barrier as much as anything. Computer people use terms that are not complicated but foreign, and visa versa. I was just explaining my trouble shooting procedure for the sparkler on the grill and the wife’s eyes just glazed over. Not a clue what I was talking about. Tip: make sure the battery is installed the right way. We were in Germany and a couple of us tried to ask a guy where the laundromat was. He had no clue what we were talking about and we didnt understand a word he said. It’s that old sender/receiver model. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/151 "2025-06-12T17:50:29Z")
> [@bing](#): > > We were in Germany and a couple of us tried to ask a guy where the laundromat was. He had no clue what we were talking about Did you ask him to direct you to the local _waschsalon_? Now that we are in the age of the Smartphone, it’s really easy to translate–unlike _The Good Old Days_. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/152 "2025-06-12T17:53:19Z")
I have McAfee, and it likes to change to yahoo for default browser. \* think I had to turn off safe search.\* ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/153 "2025-06-12T18:55:14Z")
Heh heh. Before smart phones. Friend made the motion of using a wash board and went washi washi washi. We still laugh about it. I think the German thought we were nuts. I only know what a wash board is cause my grandma had one. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/154 "2025-06-12T19:20:12Z")
> [@bing](#): > > I only know what a wash board is cause my grandma had one. You are the only Bommer who never watched Hee Haw. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/155 "2025-06-13T06:10:09Z")
> [@cigroller](#): > > I have an '03 Toyota Prius (1st gen) with about 220K on it. It is on a reman HV battery pack, but even those are generally just refurbished from used OEM good cells to replace used failing ones. I’m knocking on wood as I type, but it’s been fine. I didn’t knock the wood hard enough, I guess. The little “snowflake” (as I named it b/c it’s a little white Prius) threw a P3006 code yesterday. All by itself, that’s the death knell for the hybrid pack. I could fix it. But enough already. It owes me nothing. I bought it for something like $2700 (call it $3K after taxes/title/tags) and drove it all over for like 8 yrs and 50K-ish miles at about 46 mpg. I’ll miss it tho. But it’s not worth it to me to fix it. It doesn’t change my initial comment. 20+ years of HV battery life. I’m on the market for another new-to-me, used “snowflake.” ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/156 "2025-06-13T12:10:11Z")
Is there much of a difference between new and used prices these days? ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/157 "2025-06-13T13:16:57Z")
Proper use of a washboard, though Louisiana Cajuns do it better: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/5/a5b3fee07482d8c105a7bbd60e2db6cd772e9508.jpeg "Harmonica and percussion ( Washboard)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=286VGXP8oKw) ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/158 "2025-06-13T13:42:54Z")
It depends on the age and branf of the used car If we’re talking a 2 - 3 year old used Toyota, the used car costs almost as much as new . . . To the point it makes far more sense to buy new ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/159 "2025-06-13T14:29:22Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > If we’re talking a 2 - 3 year old used Toyota, the used car costs almost as much as new . . . To the point it makes far more sense to buy new Very true, but I wanted a gas guzzling V6 and not the new at the time gas guzzling 4cyl turbo… lol Mainly I didn’t want to be the guinea pig for the all new gen 4 model out… So I bought as close to new as I could find… ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/160 "2025-06-13T14:37:57Z")
> [@bing](#): > > I think it is a language barrier as much as anything. Computer people use terms that are not complicated but foreign, and visa versa. Every profession field I know of uses terms that are foreign. Accountants use terms like Macro Depreciation - I haven’t a clue. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389/161 "2025-06-13T15:26:36Z")
While I still have coffee I looked at new Toyota Prius locally and used. I just did not see enough of a savings used over new with full warranty. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389.md?page=7) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-a-little-frustrated/200389.md?page=9)