How can I switch off the autoplay feature on windows xp Home

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Hi All
I knew how to do this on Winxp Pro (use gpedit.msc) but how to do this on
Home? Home have no gpedit.
It's the key feature to avoid virus!

pls help
 
Download and install TweakUI:

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE [564 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Open TweakUI => My Computer => Types:

Uncheck these options:

Enable Autoplay for CD and DVD drives
Enable Autoplay for removable drives

Click OK.

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


Hi All
I knew how to do this on Winxp Pro (use gpedit.msc) but how to do this on
Home? Home have no gpedit.
It's the key feature to avoid virus!

pls help
 
it's not safe! just disable cdrom or flash disc ! local driver should be
disable too! some virus put autorun into local driver!
 
Correct! But if I recall correctly, Autorun.inf cannot override the default action for local drives.

If you're concerned, then manually edit the "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" registry value and set the appropriate hexadecimal value.

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorun

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


it's not safe! just disable cdrom or flash disc ! local driver should be
disable too! some virus put autorun into local driver!
 
BeterHans PAN said:
Hi All
I knew how to do this on Winxp Pro (use gpedit.msc) but how to do this on
Home? Home have no gpedit.
It's the key feature to avoid virus!
Click to expand...

Do you really want to disable AutoPlay or AutoRun (They are not the same
thing)?

If you wish to disable AutoRun (that is the ability of CD-ROMs and USB
sticks to autoexecute software), then the best way by far is to copy the
text below into a file and call it 'NoAutoRun.reg'. Double clicking it will
disable the ability of your PC to run the Autorun.inf file on CD and FLASH
drives forever. The beauty is that it does not disable AutoPlay (i.e. the
ability of your PC to auto play music CDs or video DVDs).

Apparently, this exploits a feature in later Windows that was designed to
handle legacies from earlier versions (Windows NT). It instructs Windows XP
to execute an alternative functionality for the Autorun.inf file. Since it
points to a non existent function (DoNothing), nothing happens. I have no
idea what the "@" symbols do, but it won't work without them.

[Copy from but not including here]
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\Autorun.inf]
@="@SYS:DoNothing"
 
BeterHans PAN said:
Hi All
I knew how to do this on Winxp Pro (use gpedit.msc) but how to do this on
Home? Home have no gpedit.
It's the key feature to avoid virus!
Click to expand...

Do you really want to disable AutoPlay or AutoRun (They are not the same
thing)?

If you wish to disable AutoRun (that is the ability of CD-ROMs and USB
sticks to autoexecute software), then the best way by far is to copy the
text below into a file and call it 'NoAutoRun.reg'. Double clicking it will
disable the ability of your PC to run the Autorun.inf file on CD and FLASH
drives forever. The beauty is that it does not disable AutoPlay (i.e. the
ability of your PC to auto play music CDs or video DVDs).

Apparently, this exploits a feature in later Windows that was designed to
handle legacies from earlier versions (Windows NT). It instructs Windows XP
to execute an alternative functionality for the Autorun.inf file. Since it
points to a non existent function (DoNothing), nothing happens. I have no
idea what the "@" symbols do, but it won't work without them.

[Copy from but not including here]
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\Autorun.inf]
@="@SYS:DoNothing"
Click to expand...
I've tried Cancelling AutoPlay in the middle of it's scanning after I
turn on my USB hard drive, and unpleasant things happen. Some of my
software can't 'see' the mounted drive. Maybe this wouldn't happen if
you prevented the scan from ever getting started, I dunno.
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