Howto: Completely Disable AutoRun in Windows XP
In my previous article i discussed to you how to disable autorun or i would say autoplay using the windows xp’s group policy editor. This time i will teach you on how to globally disable autorun and the autorun.inf file in windows xp.
disclaimer: The author and this blog assume no responsibility on any loss of data caused by following this guide.
Open a text editor or notepad then copy and paste the following text below.
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\Autorun.inf]
@=”@SYS:DoesNotExist”
Now, save the file to any name you want but with .reg extension e.g disableAutoRun.reg. Right click or double click on the file and confirm that you want to commit registry entries.
That’s all about it, the next time you insert removable drives including flash drives,CD/DVD disc autorun will be ignored, meaning you have to manually execute the application you want to run inside the removable drives.
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