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| Thread ID: 97548 | 2009-02-19 18:35:00 | Stopping the Auto-start | dveitch (6045) | Press F1 |
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| 749382 | 2009-02-19 18:35:00 | I work with a USB attached external hard drive with either my PC or laptop. Therefore every time I boot I get Windows XP searching all of the hard drive, popping up that window, and asking if I want to download photos, etc. I don't want that, just as I don't want that each time I plug any other device into my USB ports. How do I permanently stop this bit of useless Microsoft "helpfulness". |
dveitch (6045) | ||
| 749383 | 2009-02-19 18:46:00 | I don't know te answer to that except to say you can safely cancel this "helpful" search when it pops up | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 749384 | 2009-02-19 19:20:00 | You can turn off auto play, but that will affect every drive, not just one. Instructions here (www.nirmaltv.com) - The other option is to press and hold down the Shift key, that stops autoplay when you plug some device in or insert a CD/DVD/USB Drive. Have not tried This here (antivirus.about.com) - so make a restore point before altering the reg. OR Microsofts version (support.microsoft.com) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 749385 | 2009-02-20 00:15:00 | Thanks, Wainuitech, I tried all those but nothing worked. Run/Gpedit.msc - that file is not on this machine HKEY-......\Explorer - Explorer is there but without the entry NoDriveTypeAutoRun Your second option took me to a web page with a suggested file to make and run. It certainly ran but, after reboot, there is no change. I have Windows XP Home SP3. Any more ideas? |
dveitch (6045) | ||
| 749386 | 2009-02-20 00:20:00 | try this method: antivirus.about.com You prob don't have gpedit.msc because you have XP home |
Blam (54) | ||
| 749387 | 2009-02-20 06:43:00 | Thanks, Blam6, but nothing seemed to work when I scrolled down the registry but the "Find" tool found it. Now I hope. | dveitch (6045) | ||
| 749388 | 2009-02-20 07:34:00 | search for and download tweakui for xp that will allow you disable autorun on selected drives give the usb drive you dont want to autorun a unique drive letter. | beama (111) | ||
| 749389 | 2009-02-21 18:54:00 | Thanks, beama. Doing the things suggested so far in the Microsoft lists and as hacks from the web pages suggested by previous responses to this question have not worked. I hope this will. | dveitch (6045) | ||
| 749390 | 2009-02-22 18:19:00 | Tweakui has worked a treat. Thanks | dveitch (6045) | ||
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