I have a set of scripts I run when I prep a computer for deployment.  At specific points applications require that the windows firewall be turned off in order to install correctly.  This is namely ACT! and imagine time.  They use a bunch of odd ports during install, so their documentation tells you to just turn off the firewall. Well here is what I found with a little research.  From run or in a batch file there is a simple netsh command to disable the firewall and one to again enable it.
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