CD Autoplay - Disabling

[Earl Partridge]

Windows XP SP2
I have a CD Drive Writer (LG CD-RW CED-8080B) and I want to disable
the autoplay feature. I have gone to the properties of that drive, selected
the
Autoplay tab and for every type CD I have set the Action to "Take No
Action".

I visited Microsoft's
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330135&FR=1&PA=1 and
followed those guidelines for disabling Autoplay.
However, in Step 6, where it says the "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" entry of 0xb5
turns off Autorun, my entry was 91, which enables autorun. I tried changing
that value to 0xb5 (Hex) and of course "x" is not a valid hex value. I
changed
the value to 00b5, but Autoplay still kicks in.

Any thoughts?

 

[Alex Nichol]

of 0xb5
turns off Autorun, my entry was 91, which enables autorun. I tried changing
that value to 0xb5 (Hex) and of course "x" is not a valid hex value. I
changed
the value to 00b5, but Autoplay still kicks in.

0xb5 indicates that the number after the x is hex - obvious enough where
it is b5, but not the original 91. So you want to set to b5, not 00b5

I suggest rather that you Use TweakUI - one of the XP Powertoys from (if
you have installed XP SP1)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

If you have not installed SP1, the earlier version can be found at
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Once installed you will find it in Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
Windows XP

Its My Computer - AutoPlay - Drives section, uncheck the letter for the
drive concerned. This is much more flexible.

But note for CD burners - this can interfere with some burning software
noticing you have put in a blank disk

 

[Guest]

i also have this problem except i have sp2 installed on xp pro. ive done it
all, nothing seems to elimiate it.

 

[Andre Da Costa]

If you install Tweak UI for XP, you will be able to disable it easily.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Under My Computer > Auto Play > Types > uncheck "Enable AutoPlay for CD and
DVD Drives".

Andre Da Costa