Calling All Geeks

Askageek_170How do I mount my new flatscreen HDTV on the wall? Can I permanently erase my name from the Web? How do I get "Big Pimpin'" as my ringtone for free?

All good questions. And all are answered by the brightest tech minds we know in PopSci's monthly "Ask a Geek" feature. Today we bring you a roundup of our favorites, but we know there's more. Do you have a different answer to one of the questions posed to our chorus of geeks? Or maybe a question of your own you'd like to see answered? Sound off in the comments below. —John Mahoney

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Ted R.Roberts ...
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In the tradition of downloading streaming videos (vidkeep.com), what about audio? Same site?

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Rohit (imported)
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I have an old windows 95 computer and as soon as you boot it, it shows the boot screen and suddenly it goes to command prompt

" C:\"

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Maggie (imported)
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My computer no longer recognizes my E or F drives. When I try to add hardware, it doesn't help. How do I get these back?

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John Mahoney (...
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Ted: excellent question about capturing audio streams from the Web as well as video. Check for a new post here on the blog for some relevant links in a few minutes.

Rohit and Maggie: We'd love to be able to help you with your specific computer problems as we know how frustrating those can be, but here we're looking for more general queries. Thanks!

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James Brown (i...
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I often get undersized windows after clicking a link. How can I change this to a much preferred full-size window result? [XP system].---Jim

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Kyle (imported)
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Those little icons at the bottom of the computer next to the time? Yes, those. I have some programs that I can close and they will go there to get out of the way like bittorrents. Can I do that with other programs, like Itunes? And if so, how?

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Kyle (imported)
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Up tell now I have been using other peoples computers (id est: the schools, my mothers, and my grand mothers) and am going to get my own finnally. will I have to burn all the songs on Itunes to discs or is there an better way?

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Jeff (imported)
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Is there a way to get rid of those annoying "printer is out of ink" alerts? I use refilled cartridges and I'm sick of all the warnings.

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Justin (imported)
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I have some questions about spyware. Is there a program out there that will remove all of the spyware on a computer? Also, what's the best way to erase it for good? Because most times, after doing a scan and deleting, it still exists when I scan again later.

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Samuel (imported)
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Is there a way to make my external harddrive wireless?

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