Disable Autoplay for USB drive

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Is there any way to disable autoplay for a removable USB drive?
Thanks.
Max

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

After a bit of googling, I found out how to fix this problem. Autoplay
is very annoying and I hear that it is also a security risk that
Microsoft is planning to get rid of.

In Windows XP, you can disable autoplay for the entire computer or just
one user account by doing the following:
Start ---> Run...
type "gpedit.msc"
This is the group policies editor.
Click "Administrative Templates"
then "System"
then find "Turn off Autoplay"
Doubleclick it and set it to "Enable"
You can choose to turn it off for CD Drives or All Drives from the
dropdown menu.

Note that you must be logged into an administrator account to do this.

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