Guest room508 Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 I'm not talking about the Windows dialog box that pops up when you put in a CD. That dialog box can be disabled by right clicking the drive icon in Windows Explorer. There is an 'auto play' tab where it can be disabled. OK. I'm not talking about that dialog box. But many CDs have an 'auto run' feature. When you put the CD in it displays it's own menu on the screen. Is there a setting somewhere that will stop the disk's auto run feature. I mean: can I make the PC do nothing ? Just like when I put in a floppy. When I put in a floppy disk the PC doesn't ask questions. It doesn't do anything with the floppy disk until I tell tell it to look at the floppy. Can the PC be set up to treat a CD this way also ? TIA
Guest JS Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 Re: How to stop 'auto run' feature on a CD ? Try Power Toy's Tweak UI from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx Install, run and expand as follows: 'My Computer', 'Auto Play', 'Types' check the option to disable this feature from removable drives. More Detail on available features in Tweak UI: http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx JS http://www.pagestart.com "room508" <room508@comcast.net> wrote in message news:kvadne0bD9bVkhPVnZ2dnUVZ_j2dnZ2d@comcast.com... > I'm not talking about the Windows dialog box that pops up when you put in > a CD. That dialog box can be disabled by right clicking the drive icon in > Windows Explorer. There is an 'auto play' tab where it can be disabled. > > OK. I'm not talking about that dialog box. But many CDs have an 'auto > run' feature. When you put the CD in it displays it's own menu on the > screen. Is there a setting somewhere that will stop the disk's auto run > feature. I mean: can I make the PC do nothing ? Just like when I put in > a floppy. When I put in a floppy disk the PC doesn't ask questions. It > doesn't do anything with the floppy disk until I tell tell it to look at > the floppy. Can the PC be set up to treat a CD this way also ? > > TIA >
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 Re: How to stop 'auto run' feature on a CD ? >I'm not talking about the Windows dialog box that pops up when you put in a >CD. That dialog box can be disabled by right clicking the drive icon in >Windows Explorer. There is an 'auto play' tab where it can be disabled. > >OK. I'm not talking about that dialog box. But many CDs have an 'auto run' >feature. When you put the CD in it displays it's own menu on the screen. Is >there a setting somewhere that will stop the disk's auto run feature. I >mean: can I make the PC do nothing ? Just like when I put in a floppy. >When I put in a floppy disk the PC doesn't ask questions. It doesn't do >anything with the floppy disk until I tell tell it to look at the floppy. >Can the PC be set up to treat a CD this way also ? One of the easiest ways to manipulate auto-run for a drive is to install Tweak UI for XP. Grab it here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx - Thee Chicago Wolf
Guest Galen Somerville Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 Re: How to stop 'auto run' feature on a CD ? "room508" <room508@comcast.net> wrote in message news:kvadne0bD9bVkhPVnZ2dnUVZ_j2dnZ2d@comcast.com... > I'm not talking about the Windows dialog box that pops up when you put in > a CD. That dialog box can be disabled by right clicking the drive icon in > Windows Explorer. There is an 'auto play' tab where it can be disabled. > > OK. I'm not talking about that dialog box. But many CDs have an 'auto > run' feature. When you put the CD in it displays it's own menu on the > screen. Is there a setting somewhere that will stop the disk's auto run > feature. I mean: can I make the PC do nothing ? Just like when I put in > a floppy. When I put in a floppy disk the PC doesn't ask questions. It > doesn't do anything with the floppy disk until I tell tell it to look at > the floppy. Can the PC be set up to treat a CD this way also ? > > TIA The manual method is to just hold down the Shift key until you see the drivelight go off and come back on for a moment. When the light goes out the second time, release the Shift key. Galen
Guest Unknown Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 Re: How to stop 'auto run' feature on a CD ? Start--My computer--right click CD--choose properties---auto play tab---select an action to perform--set take no action. "room508" <room508@comcast.net> wrote in message news:kvadne0bD9bVkhPVnZ2dnUVZ_j2dnZ2d@comcast.com... > I'm not talking about the Windows dialog box that pops up when you put in > a CD. That dialog box can be disabled by right clicking the drive icon in > Windows Explorer. There is an 'auto play' tab where it can be disabled. > > OK. I'm not talking about that dialog box. But many CDs have an 'auto > run' feature. When you put the CD in it displays it's own menu on the > screen. Is there a setting somewhere that will stop the disk's auto run > feature. I mean: can I make the PC do nothing ? Just like when I put in > a floppy. When I put in a floppy disk the PC doesn't ask questions. It > doesn't do anything with the floppy disk until I tell tell it to look at > the floppy. Can the PC be set up to treat a CD this way also ? > > TIA >
Guest PaulM Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 Re: How to stop 'auto run' feature on a CD ? Line 30 here: http://www.paulsxp.com/tweaksxp.html -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.paulsxp.com http://www.paulsxp.com/forum http://www.supportspace.com/home/affiliates.s2?aiu=paulm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "room508" <room508@comcast.net> wrote in message news:kvadne0bD9bVkhPVnZ2dnUVZ_j2dnZ2d@comcast.com... > I'm not talking about the Windows dialog box that pops up when you put in > a CD. That dialog box can be disabled by right clicking the drive icon in > Windows Explorer. There is an 'auto play' tab where it can be disabled. > > OK. I'm not talking about that dialog box. But many CDs have an 'auto > run' feature. When you put the CD in it displays it's own menu on the > screen. Is there a setting somewhere that will stop the disk's auto run > feature. I mean: can I make the PC do nothing ? Just like when I put in > a floppy. When I put in a floppy disk the PC doesn't ask questions. It > doesn't do anything with the floppy disk until I tell tell it to look at > the floppy. Can the PC be set up to treat a CD this way also ? > > TIA >
Guest Phisherman Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Re: How to stop 'auto run' feature on a CD ? On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:25:12 -0700, "room508" <room508@comcast.net> wrote: >I'm not talking about the Windows dialog box that pops up when you put in a >CD. That dialog box can be disabled by right clicking the drive icon in >Windows Explorer. There is an 'auto play' tab where it can be disabled. > >OK. I'm not talking about that dialog box. But many CDs have an 'auto run' >feature. When you put the CD in it displays it's own menu on the screen. Is >there a setting somewhere that will stop the disk's auto run feature. I >mean: can I make the PC do nothing ? Just like when I put in a floppy. >When I put in a floppy disk the PC doesn't ask questions. It doesn't do >anything with the floppy disk until I tell tell it to look at the floppy. >Can the PC be set up to treat a CD this way also ? > >TIA > I use the Shift key.
Guest Chris Geerlings Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Re: How to stop 'auto run' feature on a CD ? Start - Run => gpedit.msc Local Computer Policy - Compter configuration - Administrative Tempaltes - System Properties of turn off autoplay - enabled to all drives Apply and your done. -- Chris
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