Posted by: mlord
WinXPpro -- disable disc autorun (aka "spyware install") ?? - 04/03/2005 13:18
How do I disable autorun of executables from a newly inserted CD/DVD disc under this "(barely) operating" system? I don't like having spyware install itself and run without my permission.
???
Posted by: mlord
Re: WinXPpro -- disable disc autorun (aka "spyware install") ?? - 04/03/2005 13:24
Mm.. maybe I'll try TweakUI. The control-panel properties for "autoplay" don't actually work. Hopefully TweakUI does..
Posted by: andym
Re: WinXPpro -- disable disc autorun (aka "spyware install") ?? - 04/03/2005 13:29
I had to perform a registry hack to do it. I just googled for 'xp cd autorun disable' or something like that.
Posted by: tfabris
Re: WinXPpro -- disable disc autorun (aka "spyware install") ?? - 04/03/2005 14:23
Back in the old days, there used to be a hardware property for the CD-ROM Drive that allowed you to disable "Auto-insert notification", meaning that it would not try to even detect when a CD had been inserted, let alone try to autorun it. This counted for music CDs as well as data CDs.
I can't seem to find that option any more... So now I just use tweakUI, like you said, to individually turn of data CD and audio CD autorun.