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#251101 - 04/03/2005 13:18 WinXPpro -- disable disc autorun (aka "spyware install") ??
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14491
Loc: Canada
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.

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#251102 - 04/03/2005 13:24 Re: WinXPpro -- disable disc autorun (aka "spyware install") ?? [Re: mlord]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14491
Loc: Canada
Mm.. maybe I'll try TweakUI. The control-panel properties for "autoplay" don't actually work. Hopefully TweakUI does..

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#251103 - 04/03/2005 13:29 Re: WinXPpro -- disable disc autorun (aka "spyware install") ?? [Re: mlord]
andym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
I had to perform a registry hack to do it. I just googled for 'xp cd autorun disable' or something like that.
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Andy M

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#251104 - 04/03/2005 14:23 Re: WinXPpro -- disable disc autorun (aka "spyware install") ?? [Re: mlord]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
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.
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Tony Fabris

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#251105 - 04/03/2005 14:27 Re: WinXPpro -- disable disc autorun (aka "spyware install") ?? [Re: tfabris]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
CD's. How quaint.
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~ John

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