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Originally posted by Snaal Sevool Snr.
I dunno if this will work (it did for me when i was throwing XP on an old P3 machine) but try putting the drive's jumper setting to master or slave or something. This will only work if you have it set to cable select. As I said, it probably isn't the case, but if it is, thank me (Smilie) lol
this doesn't have anything todo with it. The reason why it worked for you is because by changing the jumper you actually changed the internal drive letter, which most likely had a different autorun/autoplay setting.
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Dear Carltos Cool,
For starters
there is a difference between the term AutoPlay and AutoRun.
AutoPlay is about the Windows dialog which pops up where you can choose what you want to do. eg: "Play this CD with WMP", "Burn files to this disc with Nero", etc
AutoRun is about informing windows there is a new media inserted, so that Windows can update the contents of Windows Explorer, etc. It also updates the icon of the CD in Windows explorer. It is also responsible for executing startup entries like autorun.inf on CDROMs, and to execute the autoplay settings.
What you want to change is the autoplay settings, not the autorun settings.
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Second, the registry keys:
You are changing the wrong keys and in the wrong location.
AutoRun
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom
This is not to enable/disable autoplay as you might think, but to enable/disable autorun, which is quite different.
It is to enable and disable Windows from knowing that the CD/DVD has been changed by the user. If set to 0 it suppresses the Media Change Notification (MCN) internal message. Aka: it doesn't inform Windows Explorer that a new media has been inserted so that the contents in Windows Explorer and other programs like Windows Media Player, can be updated. It is not recommended to set this to 0 (disabled).
AutoRunAlwaysDisable
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom
This key works together with
AutoRun and takes precedence over it and defines which individual drives to include or exclude from the autorun list. This is also not recommended to tamper with.
NoDriveTypeAutoRun
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Enable/Disable autoplay for different drive type groups.
This continues the Media Change Notification (MCN) internal Windows message being sent, but the autoplay actions you choose through the
My Computer > right click > properties > autoplay tab won't work. This is also what
TweakUI and the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) set.
Use this key to disable the autoplay option for cdroms/dvds, fixed drives, network drives, ram drives, etc.
It is best to use
TweakUI (XP Home) or Group Policy Editor (XP Pro) to set this key properly.
NoDriveAutoRun
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
This key works together with NoDriveTypeAutoRun and defines which individual drives to exclude from the autoplay list.
It is best to use
TweakUI (XP Home) or Group Policy Editor (XP Pro) to set this key properly.
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So, for starters revert anything you changed. Thus put AutoRun back to 1.
Then install
TweakUI to set the proper settings in the menu
My Computer > AutoPlay > Drives.
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Sincerely,
CookieRevised
december 30th 2006 - Happy New Year
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