Disabling Autoplay on Win XP SP2

[Guest]

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How do disable autoplay once and for all? I have tried telling XP not to take any actions when
I insert a CD or flash card or turn on a USB drive, but XP always scans the drive, as if it is
looking for some file/content-type that it can ask about.

I don't want XP to do ANYTHING with ANY type of media. Ever. How do I do this?

 

[zidane_rm_5]

Press the Start button
Click on Run
Type "gpedit.msc" without the quotes and press Enter
Open Computer Configuration
Open Administrative Templates
Open the System sub-menu
Open "Turn Autoplay Off"

 

[Haku]

Press the Start button
Click on Run
Type "gpedit.msc" without the quotes and press Enter
Open Computer Configuration
Open Administrative Templates
Open the System sub-menu
Open "Turn Autoplay Off"

Does not work, the words gpedit.msc, windows says misspelled.

 

[russell]

Go to THIS web page. right Column third down. This involves changing your registry files. Follow instructions at the top of the webpage to save your current registry configuration Before doing any changes!

You can screw up your system making changes here so either know what you're doing or get help!

 

[pscowboy]

gpedit is for Pro.

For Home, do this:

Invoke regedit in Run. Hit the plus (+) signs on the following keys:

HKCurrentUser - Software - Microsoft - Windows - Current Version - Policies.

Then click Explorer. In the right pane you should see a Reg_Dword entry called NoDriveTypeAutoRun.

Double-click and change the value to b1.

 

[russell]

I guess you didn't follow my link.

 

[pscowboy]

Russell:

You have a little bit of an attitude.

Firstly, your post wasn't up while I was working on Haku's reply.

Secondly, I have given him the reg file contents. My instructions are cake to follow, and he'll learn more going down in there himself.

 

[russell]

Sorry, I didn't realize that you hadn't seen my post yet. As a matter of fact, I'm sorry to say it didn't occur to me. I should have looked at the time stamps.

Thank you for helping with everyone's questions .

By the way, you're right, sometimes I cop an attitude. Sorry.