Thanks, Anchor Man & JB
Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 9:29 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by dv
(1 messages posted)
That is exactly what I was looking for. Too bad it doesn't exist. I think it's
ridiculous (but typical Microsoft) that when inserting a CD or DVD, the OS just dives
in head-first to do whatever the disc tells it too. And I like the AutoPlay features,
but AutoRun (the AUTORUN.INF open=... thing) is fool-hardy and usually annoying.
With all the choices you get for AutoPlay in XP now, you'd think they would at least
give you some options for the AutoRun feature. It asks me what software to run for
the DVD, but then says, "Oh! It has an installer too! Let's go!"
I'm going to go with the Option #3 JB gave and just forgo the AutoPlay feature.
DV
On Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at 2:33 pm, JB wrote:
>I think you are right, Anchor Man. After a lot of research and experimentation,
>I think the whole Windows Autoplay (aka Autorun) implementation is flawed at best
>and there is no option that is secure yet does what it's was designed to do. Here's
>what I think is a definitive summary of what the different Autoplay techniques do:
>
>- Autorun= 0/1 registry setting: This prevents Windows from knowing that
>the CD/DVD has been changed by the user. (e.g. suppresses the Media Change Notification
>(MCN) internal message). This is not recommended because it will confuse apps like
>Explorer and WMP.
>
>- AutoRunAlwaysDisable=0x0–0xFF registry setting: This does essentially
>the same thing as the "Autorun" setting above, but you can specifiy individual drives.
> This is also not recommended.
>
>- NoDriveTypeAutoRun=0x0–0xFF registry setting: This continues the Media
>Change Notification (MCN) internal Windows message being sent to applications like
>Explorer and WMP (if they are open), but the Autoplay actions you choose through
>the "My Computer" -> "Autoplay" tab won't work. This is also what TweakUI
>and the Group Policy (gpedit.msc) techniques set.
>
>In a perfect world, we'd use the "My Computer" -> "Autoplay" tab to set all the
Autoplay
>options we want, including preventing EXEs from running automatically from a CD.
> But, that's apparently not possible right now with the OS.
>
>My recommendation is to keep your computer as secure as possible and prevent EXEs
>from being automatically installed from the CD without your knowledge and consent.
> So, turn off Autoplay using techinque #3 above and just manually start the application
>you want, and manually run the setup programs from data CDs.
>
>
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