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re: If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine.
Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 2:33 am
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Posted by gerard higgins (1 messages posted)


after hours spent trying to get autoplay to work, including using autofix, tweak and other programs, and following other registry edits, this one finally worked. thanks Dvorak


On Monday, April 18, 2005 at 7:15 am, Dvorak wrote:
>After hours of searching, reading, trying I came upon a simple solution that I must
>have missed. It was not discovered by MS AutoPlay fix.
>
>Here's a snippet that'll do the work:
>
>4. Verify that the Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged on user only option is
>not turned on.
>a. Click Start, click Run, in the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
>b. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>c. In the right pane, under Data, if the value for allocatecdroms is 0, go to step
>5.
>d. In the right pane, under Data, if the value for allocatecdroms is 1, right-click
>allocatecdroms, and then click Modify.
>e. In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.
>f. Quit Registry Editor.
>
>©2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330135
>
>Take care!


Written in response to:
If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. (Dvorak: Monday, April 18, 2005 at 7:15 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. (Dvorak: Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 6:09 am)
*re: If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. (Rumaldo: Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 2:19 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (John N. Shaw: Fri, Oct 18, 2002, 9:42 pm)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (John N. Shaw: Fri, Oct 18, 2002, 10:21 pm)
*A friendly thanks for all the info here (Mike: Wed, Aug 6, 2003, 3:18 pm)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (skoob: Fri, Oct 18, 2002, 10:50 pm)
-still no luck (John N. Shaw: Sat, Oct 19, 2002, 5:33 am)
*re: still no luck (wguru: Mon, Apr 24, 2006, 12:55 am)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (jcw: Sat, Oct 19, 2002, 12:16 am)
*still no luck (John N. Shaw: Sat, Oct 19, 2002, 5:28 am)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (HC: Sat, Oct 19, 2002, 1:21 am)
*still no luck (John N. Shaw: Sat, Oct 19, 2002, 5:52 am)
-re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! (Paul TW: Tue, Jul 22, 2003, 11:13 am)
*re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! (Chris: Mon, Oct 27, 2003, 4:55 pm)
*re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! (JC: Wed, Nov 26, 2003, 11:54 am)
-re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! (Noel: Thu, Aug 26, 2004, 12:44 pm)
-re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! (Jonno65: Sun, Aug 29, 2004, 1:44 am)
*re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! (Noel: Sun, Aug 29, 2004, 2:46 am)
-re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! (wm1228: Sun, Aug 29, 2004, 9:01 pm)
*re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! (D-an-W: Sat, Nov 20, 2004, 5:13 am)
-re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! (Billy Stout: Tue, Dec 7, 2004, 4:47 pm)
*re: AUTORUN does not work Final Solutionstances, please read! (la: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 10:24 pm)
-FiXED!!!!!!!!! (John N. Shaw: Sat, Oct 19, 2002, 2:42 pm)
*re: Same problem with me - need help !! (Idan Bismut: Tue, Dec 31, 2002, 4:44 pm)
-re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! (Preston Kincaid: Tue, Jan 21, 2003, 11:42 am)
-re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! (Lars: Fri, Jan 24, 2003, 8:21 am)
*re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! (kenneth: Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 12:53 am)
-re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! (Bemused: Sun, Feb 23, 2003, 11:39 am)
-re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! (Kristina Hong: Sat, May 3, 2003, 9:36 am)
-re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! (Michael Chan: Mon, May 5, 2003, 9:50 am)
-re: FIX INSIDE!!!!! (Gervais: Sat, May 10, 2003, 7:51 am)
*Have tried all of this and still no autorun!! (Dave Fry: Wed, Oct 1, 2003, 7:17 pm)
*re: FIX INSIDE!!!!! (brad: Tue, Nov 4, 2003, 5:12 am)
*re: Alternative FIX 2 !! (Tommy: Sat, Feb 28, 2004, 9:09 am)
*re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! (wguru: Mon, Apr 24, 2006, 12:07 am)
*100% fixed! (Julian: Wed, Nov 12, 2003, 9:17 am)
-re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! (Ali: Fri, Jun 27, 2003, 8:39 am)
*re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! (Kemko: Mon, Nov 26, 2007, 2:53 pm)
*re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! (nick: Tue, Jul 22, 2003, 6:04 am)
-re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! - and my method too!! (Jim C.: Thu, Apr 29, 2004, 5:26 am)
-re: Addition to: FiXED!!!!!!!!! - and my method too!! (Gil C. Schmidt: Sat, Mar 5, 2005, 6:31 pm)
-re: AUTORUN FIX (paddy: Sat, Oct 1, 2005, 4:58 am)
-Paddy's suggestion worked for me (yk07: Tue, Jul 18, 2006, 9:09 am)
-Paddy's suggestion worked for me.....until (yk07: Wed, Jul 19, 2006, 1:00 am)
-BF2142 wont autorun and windows xp cant find the CD (Silentfury: Sat, Nov 11, 2006, 2:39 pm)
*Solved an autorun problem on a CD I created (Ian: Thu, Nov 30, 2006, 3:42 pm)
*re: BF2142 wont autorun and windows xp cant find the CD (Matt: Wed, Jan 17, 2007, 6:31 pm)
*re: FiXED!!!!!!!!! (paul: Wed, Apr 6, 2005, 8:23 pm)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (Brian Graham: Sun, Jun 15, 2003, 10:46 am)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (Luke: Tue, Jan 6, 2004, 7:50 pm)
*re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (wguru: Mon, Apr 24, 2006, 2:59 am)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (chevis: Thu, Oct 30, 2003, 1:50 am)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (John: Sun, Apr 9, 2006, 4:50 am)
*re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (Jim: Mon, Apr 10, 2006, 1:38 pm)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (Graham Wilson: Mon, Jun 14, 2004, 9:37 pm)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (Carnival: Mon, Aug 23, 2004, 8:37 pm)
*re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (Jonno65: Sun, Aug 29, 2004, 1:49 am)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (Rob James: Wed, Sep 15, 2004, 6:27 pm)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (Carnival: Wed, Sep 15, 2004, 10:03 pm)
*re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (cindy: Sat, Oct 16, 2004, 8:18 pm)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (Zaphod: Wed, Dec 29, 2004, 8:31 am)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (Finn Bogstad: Sun, Jan 2, 2005, 7:44 am)
*re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (Huey: Wed, Dec 28, 2005, 10:45 am)
*re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (kplaw69: Sun, Aug 5, 2007, 7:34 am)
*Restore default autorun settings for the affected drive (Immacolata: Sat, Feb 12, 2005, 4:50 am)
-If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. (Dvorak: Mon, Apr 18, 2005, 7:15 am)
-re: If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. (Bill: Wed, Jan 18, 2006, 4:16 pm)
*re: If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. (AllenLI: Wed, Feb 8, 2006, 4:27 am)
-re: If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. (gerard higgins: Sat, Jul 14, 2007, 2:33 am)
*re: If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. (Dvorak: Sat, Jul 14, 2007, 6:09 am)
*re: If nothing else works, try this. Worked on mine. (Rumaldo: Sun, Apr 20, 2008, 2:19 am)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (jerrry lewis: Sun, Jun 5, 2005, 6:57 am)
-re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (timforan: Tue, Jun 14, 2005, 12:45 am)
*re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (Rob: Sat, Jul 2, 2005, 8:46 am)
-It's a software problem ! (Larry: Fri, Jun 17, 2005, 9:32 pm)
-re: It's a software problem ! (Mark Palmer: Thu, Jun 30, 2005, 11:16 pm)
-re: It's a software problem ! (Peter Fez: Tue, Jul 5, 2005, 7:32 am)
*re: It's a software problem ! (Peter Waller: Fri, Aug 19, 2005, 7:13 pm)
*re: It's a software problem ! (John Boutland: Sun, Oct 2, 2005, 11:03 pm)
*re: It's a software problem ! (Todd E. Bryant: Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 11:41 am)
*AUTORUN -partially- works now... (Sam Smith: Wed, Sep 21, 2005, 8:40 am)
*re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (Wogboy: Thu, May 25, 2006, 5:46 am)
*re: AUTORUN does not work, special circumstances, please read! (harvey: Sat, May 5, 2007, 11:00 pm)
-It's a reg thing but none of these worked (stuartjk: Tue, May 29, 2007, 4:21 pm)
-Finally! A real fix! (Ani Marie: Thu, Nov 29, 2007, 8:46 am)
-re: Finally! A real fix! (KRJ: Wed, May 28, 2008, 9:05 pm)
-re: Finally! A real fix! (Spexx: Thu, May 29, 2008, 4:41 am)
*re: Finally! A real fix! (KRJ: Thu, May 29, 2008, 6:41 am)
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