Author Topic: Totally stupid XP Question: Autorun Off! (Read 381 times)

LePaul · « **on:** March 11, 2002, 12:30:17 PM »

I've looked in CD Properties and Hardware Properties...How do I get the auto-insert notification off?

In Win95/98, it used to be a nice check-box option.

????

Thanks

SKurj · « **Reply #1 on:** March 11, 2002, 12:38:55 PM »

In explorer or my computer

right click your CDROM and select properties
Select auto play tab
experiment... not sure if ya can do it or not..

SKurj

2Late4U · « **Reply #2 on:** March 11, 2002, 01:03:27 PM »

From what I can tell you cant. Ive gone into the CD proporties and made each of the selection "take no action" and it still autoruns. In PRO you can change it more easily. In Home Edition I think it requires a reg hack

LePaul · « **Reply #3 on:** March 11, 2002, 01:09:51 PM »

Have XP Pro

Eagler · « **Reply #4 on:** March 11, 2002, 01:24:45 PM »

found this:

To Disable cD autoplay, completely, in Windows XP Pro

1) Click Start, Run and enter GPEDIT.MSC

2) Go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System.

3) Locate the entry for Turn autoplay off and modify it as you desire.

gl

capt. apathy · « **Reply #5 on:** March 11, 2002, 11:21:31 PM »

i just used the properties/ auto run tab then set the properties for each type of cd. games don't auto-start but music does.

Camel · « **Reply #6 on:** March 12, 2002, 11:17:35 AM »

Part 1 Win XP tweaking

http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=guide&dId=120

Part 2 Win XP tweaking

http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=guide&dId=145

I found these two articles most helpfull with some GUI type tweaks, and preformance tweaks.

I didnt find I needed all of them, but did use a few. The author mentions XP somtimes missreading the L2 cache size, sure enough XP read my P4 1.8a as having 0 L2. Im not much for goofin with the registry, but I got through any of the ones I felt I needed while reading the article easily.