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AutoPlay In Windows XP

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by ijp_pctech 1 view

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Can anybody help me in disabling the AutoPlay feature in Windows XP?

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by ijp_pctech

TheChas - I have looked on The MS site and could not find anything relevant - do you have the Article Number ro if you can find it - can you paste the answer into a response! - also cannot find it on the other sites you suggested

by ebob

I couldn't find anything in either TechNet or the KB for XP. Have you tried the instructions for W2K?:

Click Start , click Run , type regedit in the Open box, and then press ENTER.

Locate and click the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom
To disable automatically running CD-ROMs, change the Autorun value to 0 (zero). To enable automatically running CD-ROMs, change the Autorun value to 1.

Restart your computer.

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