From Microsoft_011954@newswire.microsoft.com Wed May 12 11:39:32 1999 Received: from cpitgmsgd05.NEWSWIRE.MICROSOFT.COM ([207.46.134.25]) by atlas.onthe.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA25494 for <chris@onthe.net.au>; Wed, 12 May 1999 11:39:29 +1000 Message-Id: <199905120139.LAA25494@atlas.onthe.net.au> Received: from PickupDirectory by cpitgmsgd05.NEWSWIRE.MICROSOFT.COM with SMTP ( Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2448.0) id KPBVG1LV; Tue, 11 May 1999 18:23:50 -0700 From: "Microsoft" <Microsoft_011954@newswire.microsoft.com> To: <chris@onthe.net.au> Subject: Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Platform News - 1999, Issue No. 18 Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 18:23:30 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Cq_Job: 11954 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by atlas.onthe.net.au id LAA 25494 Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Platform News - 1999, Issue No. 18 [snip] DISABLING AUTOPLAY FOR CD-ROMS If you'd rather that Autoplaying CDs didn't, you can turn off the Autoplay facility by changing a setting in the registry. Using REGEDT32, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom. Here you will find an entry called Autorun. Edit the entry by double-clicking on it and then changing the dat a field from 1 to 0. You will need to re-boot for the change to take effect. After you have made the change, if you do want a CD to Autoplay, you can double-click on the CD icon in Explorer or My Computer. The Autoplay will then run as if you had just put the CD in.