Tag: syntax

Use the Netsh Command to Manage the Windows Vista Firewall

January 07, 2009 by Jason

If you need to make firewall settings repeatedly on a single computer as conditions change or, perhaps, on a fleet of computers you’ll find working with Windows Firewall (the Control Panel application) or Windows Firewall With Advanced Security to be a bit cumbersome. The Netsh command, using its Firewall or Advfirewall context, provides an alternative way to view or modify all manner of Windows Firewall settings. For example, you can enable Windows Firewall with this command:

netsh firewall set opmode enable

The Netsh Firewall context can be considered the basic context, where you can find current firewall settings at a high level. It’s roughly comparable to the Windows Firewall application in Control Panel. From the command prompt, you can see the basic configuration by typing:

netsh firewall show config
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Howto Convert PDF files to HTML files

February 24, 2008 by Jason

Translates pdf documents into html format.Translates pdf files into HTML or XML formats, combined with png images. Supports encrypted pdf files.There is a program called pdftohtml to convert pdf to html file.In ubuntu gutsy this package in bundled with poppler-utils so we need to install this package.

Install poppler-utils in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install poppler-utils

This will complete the installation

Using pdftohtml

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How to Find Local Movie Showtimes With Google

August 01, 2007 by Jason

Rather than going to a Web site that lists local movies and showtimes, you can find out when a theater near you is playing a movie in one quick and easy step in Google.

The syntax for this is movie: followed by the movie name and your city name and state or zip code. Do put spaces in between the words. Capitalization doesn’t matter. For instance, you could find local listings of Return of the King in Seattle by searching for: Read More»

Notepad++ Version 4.0 Available

February 02, 2007 by Jason

The best text editor, Notepad++ just got even better with the latest 4.0 release. Whether you are a serious coder or if you just need to edit a few text files, then Notepad++ is the text editor for you.

Old versions of Notepad++ included tabbed editing so that you could have multiple files open in one instance. One feature which I really appreciate is the syntax highlighting, which helps me understand how my theme works and how to edit it.
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