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    Disable Autorun for XP with flashsticks?

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by TeeJay 44, Mar 28, 2009.

  1. TeeJay 44

    TeeJay 44 Notebook Deity

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    Hey all, did a search and came up with zilch.

    Anyone know how to do this?

    +1 for anyone that provides a working solution :)

    Cheers and thanks
     
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    Thats exactly the info I was looking for. Thank you and +1 for your effort.

    Cheers

    Theo

    From M$ support and I quote:

    "How to selectively disable specific Autorun features
    To selectively disable specific Autorun features, you must change the NoDriveTypeAutoRun entry in one of the following registry key subkeys:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\

    The following table shows the settings for the NoDriveTypeAutoRun registry entry.
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    Value Meaning
    0x1 Disables AutoPlay on drives of unknown type
    0x4 Disables AutoPlay on removable drives
    0x8 Disables AutoPlay on fixed drives
    0x10 Disables AutoPlay on network drives
    0x20 Disables AutoPlay on CD-ROM drives
    0x40 Disables AutoPlay on RAM disks
    0x80 Disables AutoPlay on drives of unknown type
    0xFF Disables AutoPlay on all kinds of drives"

    End quote.
     
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    you're welcome.. i was looking at this the other day, so that i knew where and what to look for. good keywords are the key :D
     
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    Yea...I don't have the patience (or maybe I am too dumb) for proper Google searches.... :p

    I know one or two people that know exactly how to use the search engine to obtain maximum results.

    It's probably a gift.

    I don't have it though.

    Thanks once again,

    Theo
     
    TeeJay 44, Mar 28, 2009
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