Author Archives: Fabse

Silent Install Of Firefox [Windows Azure Compute]

Posted on 24. März 2012 by Fabse

While developing in Windows Azure I am RDP-ing into the roles from time to time. It is quite handy to be able to browse the web from there as well. I decided to let my roles download and install Firefox … Continue reading →

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Using Windows Azure Compute to host a proxy [Update]

Posted on 24. März 2012 by Fabse

If you have admin access, you can disable the Windows Firewall with just with this small command: netsh firewall set opmode disable That’s it! At this point it is working out-of-the-box! The downside is that it uses a not secured … Continue reading →

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Using Windows Azure Compute to host a proxy [Sunday project]

Posted on 19. März 2012 by Fabse

If you are following my blog for some time or you hear me talking in person, you know that my ISP (or only my specific internet connection) is fast, but I just am not able to watch youtube without waiting … Continue reading →

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