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Disabling Autoplay on Win XP SP2

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Anonymous   09-21-2005 at 02:51:10 AM

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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?

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Anonymous   09-21-2005 at 05:41:33 PM
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http://www.google.com/search?q=twe [...] e+autoplay
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/cd_autoplay_home.htm
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/cd_autoplay_pro.htm

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<NukeGuy65@aol.com.valid> wrote in message
news:2D_Xe.389904$xm3.202028@attbi_s21...
> 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?
>
>

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sam1   03-12-2006 at 04:50:48 PM
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No need to use other software. Go to Start and Run, type in gpedit.msc and press enter. After you are there go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System. Under the System level, you will see an option as Turn off Autoplay. Enable it.

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Codesmith   05-15-2006 at 09:35:07 PM
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Tweak UI powertoy is the best and easiest way. Does a lot more as well. Download from microsoft.

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djsoftware   11-13-2006 at 05:40:18 AM
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You are gonna wanna right click the drive that you want to disable autoplay in Windows Explorer. Navigate to the autoplay tab.. and disable it!

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Anonymous   08-26-2009 at 11:53:35 PM
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To Codesmith: "Does a lot more" is exactly what I don't like... I found a better solution to disable autoplay (also works with XP Home).

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