How to Enable an Analog Stick in a PSX Emulator

The largest PSX emulator, ePSXe, supports analog controllers with the configuration options included with the software. Certain games may not work properly when you are using digital controls, so switching over to the analog control scheme is the best way to mitigate any issues relating to that. The configuration option takes a moment to set […]

How to Install a Motherboard Speaker

The PC speaker is a standard part of most desktop computers. It is capable of producing one musical note at a time, like the beep you might hear when your power on a computer. Before computer sound cards became commonplace, it produced the music and sound heard in most computer games. Today, the PC speaker […]

How to Repair a SIM Card

You can repair most SIM cards yourself with a SIM card reader. Unless you’re a scientist specializing in data recovery, you won’t be able to repair a physically damaged SIM card yourself. Forensic services like SIMIS (Subscriber Identity Module Interrogation System) use decapsulation, X-rays and advanced cleaning methods to recover and repair physically damaged SIM […]

How to Find Member Profiles on Hotmail

Finding friends’ profiles in the MSN member directory is easy. Hotmail is an Internet webmail service provided by Microsoft through its Windows Live platform. Hotmail provides free email service to members and also lists members in the MSN member directory. The MSN member directory can be searched by email address, name and phone number, providing […]

How to Create Circular Text Using Photoshop

Shape text into arcs, circles and spirals in Photoshop. Image Credit: Screenshot courtesy of Adobe. Using Adobe Photoshop CC, you can type text along a variety of shapes, including circles, arcs, spirals and other curves. To create circular text, use the Elliptical Marquee Tool. For a spiral, use the spiral available in Custom Shapes. For […]

How to Connect to an FTP Site

FTP can be useful for transferring large files. Image Credit: Mykhaylo Sahan/iStock/GettyImages FTP sites have been around since long before Dropbox and “the cloud” became household terms. FTP, which stands for File Transfer Protocol, is a long-established standard that allows file transfers over the Internet. Many organizations such as Microsoft and the Internal Revenue Service […]

How to Kill All Python Processes in Ubuntu

Running multiple instances of Python makes finding each individual instance difficult if you want to stop them. In Ubuntu Linux, each instance of an application or process has a unique ID. You can stop all instances of a particular process, such as Python, without knowing the ID of each process by using the “pkill” command, […]

How to Access Services.msc in Windows 7

Image Credit: DragonImages/iStock/Getty Images You can access Services.msc to modify the way Windows services run on your computer. Such services are responsible for running available programs and managing many system settings and resources. You can modify a service’s settings for security, troubleshooting and/or performance-related purposes. Windows 7 provides access to Services.msc through various means. Access […]

How to Remove Microsoft Office From the Registry

Image Credit: AnaBGD/iStock/Getty Images If you are having problems reinstalling Microsoft Office 2013 on your Windows 8 computer, some leftover registry keys may be the problem. Both click-to-run installations — Office 365, for example — and MSI installations leave traces in the registry. Under normal circumstances, these registry keys are deleted by the uninstaller. If […]