The MTU is a disruptor of sync and swallower of souls, leaving a path of devastation in its nefarious wake. Look well upon these images, that you may know your enemy, for the MTU is no man’s friend:

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If you’re loading Microsoft Internet Explorer today and find that it mysteriously crashes out on you, try uninstalling the Yahoo! Toolbar.

• Open your Start Menu
• Open the Control Panel
• Double-click the “Add or Remove Programs” icon
• Locate the Yahoo! Toolbar in the list of available programs and click on it
• Click on the “remove” button
• Click any “ok” buttons you are subsequently exposed to
• Rejoice and resume your regular web-surfing activities

No, I don’t know what happened to Yahoo! Toolbar today, but there has been a rash of these problems cropping up suddenly.

*Edit: Every case amongst dozens tonight has involved an installation of McAfee or Norton Antivirus; it looks like Yahoo! Toolbar be getting terminated by those apps. Let’s hear it for rogue virus definitions!

The Efficient Networks Speedstream 5681 is a modem/router combo from the folks at Siemens. There are a fair number of tricks that can be done with one, and there are several interesting firmware revisions in circulation.
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