Wednesday 24 October 2012

TURN OF AUTOPLAY IN WINDOWS

Method 1
1. Click Start , type Gpedit.msc in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Allow .
2. Under Computer Configuration , expand Administrative
Templates , expand Windows Components , and then click Autoplay Policies .
3. In the Details pane, double-click Turn off Autoplay .
4. Click Enabled , and then select All drives in the Turn off Autoplay box to disable Autorun on all drives.
5. Restart the computer.
Method 2
1. Click Start , type Gpedit.msc in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Allow .
2. Under Computer Configuration , expand Administrative Templates , expand Windows Components , and then click Autoplay Policies .
3. In the Details pane, double-click Default Behavior for AutoRun .
4. Click Enabled , and then select Do not execute any autorun commands in the Default Autorun behavior box to disable Autorun on all drives.
5. Restart the computer.





To disable Autorun yourself on operating systems that do not include Gpedit.msc, follow these steps:
Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
Locate and then click the following entry in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\NoDriveTypeAutorun
Right-click NoDriveTypeAutoRun, and then click Modify.
In the Value data box, type 0xFF to disable all types of drives. Or, to selectively disable specific drives, use a different value as described in the "How to selectively disable specific Autorun features" section.
Click OK, and then exit Registry Editor.
Restart the computer.

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