I have a question about Turn Off the CD-ROM Autorun:

ok, every hint in this section tells you how to stop autorun for drives that exist. what about for a drive that doesnt exist until i plug it in (usb external drive) how do i stop that annoying *%^& from popping up, scanning the entier drive and then asking me what "I" want to do... what i want to do is totally prevent ALL auto run features - even if it means applying a patch. is this possible ?

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I assume that this external CD-Rom is plugged in and unplugged as needed. As it is seen as a new device every time you hook it up, I would siply hold the shift key down when putting a CD in. That should stop the 'Autorun" feature.


On Sunday, January 11, 2004 at 12:54 pm, mark wrote:
>I have a question about Turn
>Off the CD-ROM Autorun:

>
>ok, every hint in this section tells you how to stop autorun for drives that exist.
> what about for a drive that doesnt exist until i plug it in (usb external drive)
>how do i stop that annoying *%^& from popping up, scanning the entier drive and then
>asking me what "I" want to do... what i want to do is totally prevent ALL auto run
>features - even if it means applying a patch.
>
>is this possible ?
>

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tweakui for xp has an option to turn off autoplay for removable drives

my computer>autoplay>types
thats how you get it it in tweakui






On Sunday, January 11, 2004 at 12:54 pm, mark wrote:
>I have a question about Turn 
>Off the CD-ROM Autorun:

>
>ok, every hint in this section tells you how to stop autorun for drives that exist. 
> what about for a drive that doesnt exist until i plug it in (usb external drive) 
>how do i stop that annoying *%^& from popping up, scanning the entier drive and 
then 
>asking me what "I" want to do... what i want to do is totally prevent ALL auto run 
>features - even if it means applying a patch.
>
>is this possible ?
>

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erm sorry my mistake, this is an external hard drive not cdrom, its really annoying to have to keep hitting the "no thank you" buttun TWICE every time i plug it in, i was hoping there was a way to totally disable ALL auto run features permanantly.... thanx for the reply tho :)


On Sunday, January 11, 2004 at 1:03 pm, xpadvisor wrote:
>I assume that this external CD-Rom is plugged in and unplugged as needed. As it is
>seen as a new device every time you hook it up, I would siply hold the shift key
>down
>when putting a CD in. That should stop the 'Autorun" feature.
>
>

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tweakui is a lifesaver! I had my external partitioned into 4 drives which meant 4 autoplays each and every time! TeakUI, will you marry me?

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