Tag: Windows

  • Adding custom palettes to Dundas pie charts in .NET 3.5x

    One of the new features in Dundas 6.x and above, is the ability to create custom palettes of colors and apply them to pie charts. This way you no longer have to settle for Dundas’s default fluffy colors. In order to change the color palette, create a Color array and assign it to the series…

  • Windows service failure while running in a QEMU virtual instance

    If you are running Windows under QEMU and see Event ID 7000’s like these below– If you get this Description: “The Parallel port driver service failed to start due to the following error: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.” Then you…

  • Windows Vista how to boot up without network

    For security, sometimes you do not want your computer to automatically start up allowing network connections. In Windows Vista there is a way to ensure that when your machine reboots, network connections will not be enabled. They will only be enabled once you log in the first time. To do this, go to Control Panel…