Disable Autorun

[anmldr]

I would like to disable Autorun. I have a Memorex multi card reader
for SD, memory sticks, etc. When I insert a card to be read, Windows
XP is constantly performing an autorun and I can never see what is on
the card. I want to transfer what is off the memory stick because I do
not use the PDA that used the memory stick any longer.

I have used TweakUI and disabled AutoRun and this did not work. I have
gone into the registry to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\No
Drives and changed the value to ). I rebooted and it still performs an
autorun.

What else can I do? I would like to save the data on the memory stick.

Linda

 

[Guest]

Did you check out this website:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-018

 

[anmldr]

I just had not mentioned some of the other things that I had tried such
as
holding down the Shift key before plugging in the removable media
reader, Right-click on the drive icon..then select Take no action.
These did not work either.

Thanks,
Linda

 

[PaulM]

Try here:
http://www.paulsxp.com/tweaksxp.html

 

[anmldr]

Thanks. Most of the articles that I have found refer to disabling the
autorun for the CD/DVD drive. However, this is a card reader USB drive
and disabling the CD drive does not help. I will go through the list
again in the URL that you sent but it appeard that this was for the CD
drive autorun.

Linda

 

[Guest]

If you go to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services, then look for the name
of the hardware device i.e. Card Reader, you will find an entry for the
Autorun.