How to get autorun working in win2k?

[Guest galapogos]

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]

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]

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?