Guest galapogos Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 Hi, I have a few USB flash drives that have CDROM partitions in them with autorun, and 1 of these autoruns work in 2K while others don't. Assuming I have the ability to modify the contents of the CDROM partition, how do I get all of them to work? I've looked at the autorun.inf files, but they all seem to be pretty similar, except the one that works is a U3 drive.
Guest Mark Blain Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 Re: How to get autorun working in win2k? galapogos <goister@gmail.com> wrote in news:5b331782-ca54-485d-8d5f- 7585662656e2@e6g2000prf.googlegroups.com: > Hi, > I have a few USB flash drives that have CDROM partitions in them with > autorun, and 1 of these autoruns work in 2K while others don't. > Assuming I have the ability to modify the contents of the CDROM > partition, how do I get all of them to work? I've looked at the > autorun.inf files, but they all seem to be pretty similar, except the > one that works is a U3 drive. Found at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/usbfaq.mspx : Q: What must I do to trigger Autorun on my USB storage device? The Autorun capabilities are restricted to CD-ROM drives and fixed disk drives. If you need to make a USB storage device perform Autorun, the device must not be marked as a removable media device and the device must contain an Autorun.inf file and a startup application. Found at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc137730.aspx : In a nutshell, a U3-enabled flash drive lies about itself. It tells the OS that it is actually a USB hub with a flash drive and a CD plugged into it. Windows® versions prior to Windows Vista® will, by default, automatically run programs designated in the autorun.inf file on CDs, but not on USB drives. By lying about itself, the U3-enabled USB flash drive fools the OS into autorunning something called the U3 launcher.
Guest galapogos Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 Re: How to get autorun working in win2k? On Mar 11, 4:58 am, Mark Blain <mbla...@yahoo.com> wrote: > galapogos <gois...@gmail.com> wrote in news:5b331782-ca54-485d-8d5f- > 758566265...@e6g2000prf.googlegroups.com: > > > Hi, > > I have a few USB flash drives that have CDROM partitions in them with > > autorun, and 1 of these autoruns work in 2K while others don't. > > Assuming I have the ability to modify the contents of the CDROM > > partition, how do I get all of them to work? I've looked at the > > autorun.inf files, but they all seem to be pretty similar, except the > > one that works is a U3 drive. > > Found athttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/usbfaq.mspx : > Q: What must I do to trigger Autorun on my USB storage device? > The Autorun capabilities are restricted to CD-ROM drives and fixed disk > drives. If you need to make a USB storage device perform Autorun, the > device must not be marked as a removable media device and the device must > contain an Autorun.inf file and a startup application. > > Found athttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc137730.aspx : > In a nutshell, a U3-enabled flash drive lies about itself. It tells the > OS that it is actually a USB hub with a flash drive and a CD plugged into > it. Windows® versions prior to Windows Vista® will, by default, > automatically run programs designated in the autorun.inf file on CDs, but > not on USB drives. By lying about itself, the U3-enabled USB flash drive > fools the OS into autorunning something called the U3 launcher. Thanks. Actually my device is already emulating a CD-ROM. The SCSI device type returned is 5(CD/DVD) and autorun works fine in XP/ Vista...just not 2K. So I'm wondering if there's anything different between XP/Vista and 2K?
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