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by pak640

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How can i disable CD autorun feature in Win2k & XP.

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by manm

Hold down the Shift when inserting a CD. This does not remove Autoplay permanently. You need to do it each time.

by dklippert

Go to Start Menu>Run and enter gpedit.msc.
Under Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System
look for a policy named "Disable Autoplay".
Set it to enabled on CD-ROM drives.

Also see:
(Type the Q number in support.microsoft.com)

How to Enable or Disable Automatically Running CD-ROMs

Q155217

by dmiles

Click Start->Run,type in regedit
Navigate to the following key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControl\Services\CDROM
Change the Auto Run Value to 0=disable

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