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Disable a Windows service

This is a vbs script to disable a running Windows service
Should be used from command line by issuing
cscript DisableService.vbs <filename>

Function getService( strName )
    Set getService = nothing
    For Each objWMI In GetObject("winmgmts:\root\cimv2").InstancesOf("Win32_Service")
        If objWMI.Name = strName Then
            Set getService = objWMI
            Exit For
        End If
    Next
End Function

If Wscript.Arguments.Count <> 1 Then
    Wscript.StdOut.WriteLine "usage: cscript DisableService <ServiceName>"
    WScript.Quit 
End If

Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments
Dim strService
strService = objArgs(0)

dim objWMI
Set objWMI = getService( strService )
if objWMI.State = "Running" Then
    objWMI.StopService()
    while objWMI.State = "Running"
        Set objWMI = getService( strService )
        Wscript.Sleep 1000
    wend
End If
objWMI.ChangeStartMode("Disabled")   

enablesocksproxy & disablesocksproxy

For how to set up ssh & sshd to get a local SOCKS proxy on Mac OS X see:
- Local SOCKS Proxy for Safari
- AppleScript to enable SOCKS proxy on Mac OS X


# systemsetup & networksetup (Mac OS X 10.4),
# http://codesnippets.joyent.com/posts/show/1691

ls -l /usr/sbin/{networksetup,systemsetup}

/usr/bin/sudo /bin/ln -is /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/systemsetup-panther /usr/sbin/systemsetup

/usr/bin/sudo /bin/ln -is /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/networksetup-panther /usr/sbin/networksetup


# Get network service information on Mac OS X,
# http://codesnippets.joyent.com/posts/show/1819

function network_service_name() {

   SERVICE_GUID="$(printf "open\nget State:/Network/Global/IPv4\nd.show" | \
      /usr/sbin/scutil | /usr/bin/awk '/PrimaryService/{print $3}')"

   SERVICE_NAME="$(printf "open\nget Setup:/Network/Service/${SERVICE_GUID}\nd.show" | \
      /usr/sbin/scutil | /usr/bin/awk -F': ' '/UserDefinedName/{print $2}')"

   echo "${SERVICE_NAME}"

   return 0

}


function enablesocksproxy() {
   /usr/sbin/systemsetup -setremotelogin on 2>/dev/null
   # off is for authentication
   /usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy "$(network_service_name)" 127.0.0.1 8080 off
   if [[ -z "$(/usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/networksetup -getinfo "$(network_service_name)" | /usr/bin/egrep -i 'IP address:')" ]]; then
      echo '... not connected to the internet ...'
      return 1
   fi
   /usr/bin/ssh -q -D 8080 -f -C -N -x NAME@IPADDRESS    # customize
   /usr/bin/sudo -k
   return 0
}


function disablesocksproxy() {
   /usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/systemsetup -f -setremotelogin off 2>/dev/null    # note position of -f
   /usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate "$(network_service_name)" off
   /usr/bin/sudo -k
   return 0
}


systemsetup -getremotelogin

sudo networksetup -getinfo "$(network_service_name)"

sudo networksetup -getsocksfirewallproxy "$(network_service_name)"

disablesocksproxy

enablesocksproxy

Enable & disable the root user account on Mac OS X

See: Another way to enable and disable root

# enable root user account
/usr/sbin/dsenableroot

# disable root user account
/usr/sbin/dsenableroot -d

Disable audible bell in Terminal.app

defaults read com.apple.Terminal Bell
#defaults write com.apple.Terminal Bell -string YES
defaults write com.apple.Terminal Bell -string NO


# some further options to consider
#defaults read com.apple.Terminal FocusFollowsMouse
#defaults write com.apple.Terminal FocusFollowsMouse -string YES
#defaults write com.apple.Terminal FocusFollowsMouse -string NO

#defaults read com.apple.Terminal OptionClickToMoveCursor
#defaults write com.apple.Terminal OptionClickToMoveCursor -string YES
#defaults write com.apple.Terminal OptionClickToMoveCursor -string NO

Removing <?xml version="1.0"?> from the output of XSLTProcessor->transformToXml()

Just add this as a top level element in your XSL document.

<xsl:output method="html" />


Thanks to this post on php.net for the answer:
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/xsltprocessor.transformtoxml.php#80887