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re: These Tipes are Incorrect: Read here for how to actually disable Autorun
Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at 7:46 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Tom Smith
(1 messages posted)
You can also set a local policy (windows xp pro not home).
Run gpedit.msc to get to the local policy editor, you can turn off autorun and do
quite a few other useful things here...
On Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 11:45 am, Jim wrote:
>The tips set out in the main post are incorrect. They only
>work to disable certain types of media from playing
>automatically. They do not disable the Autorun feature of
>the CD-ROM drive entirely, which is what you need to do
>if you want to stop CD-ROM's from autostarting install
>programs and the like.
>
>To fully disable the Autorun feature, you must edit your
>registry and change the CD-ROM's Autorun value from 1
>to 0.
>
>If you are not sure how to modify your registy entries,
>don't worry. It's really quite simple. For detailed
>instructions look here:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q155217
>
>or here:
>
>http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/collateral.aspx?cid=76351
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