AutoPlay . Windows 2000 SP3

In Windows 2000, you can press SHIFT when you insert the CD to prevent it from Autoplaying.

Hope this helps...

I'm not sure why you rejected my answer as holding down the SHIFT key when inserting a CD certainly works for me in Win2k.

If you want to disable it from autoplaying in just the CD Player app, then launch CD Player, Click on Options then Preferences and uncheck the automatically begin playback at startup.

If this doesn't answer your question, please explain why and give some details about the problem you're having.

I have always used shift to disable autoplay. If you look in Windows 2000 help, the hotkey is right there.

If you want to disable it from autoplaying in just the CD Player app, then launch CD Player, Click on Options then Preferences and uncheck the automatically begin playback at startup.

If this doesn't answer your question, please explain why and give some details about the problem you're having.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom]
"Autorun"=DWORD:00000000

Autorun = 1 ->Enable
Autorun = 0 ->Disable