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IT Help Desk => Use of PC => Topic started by: Sultan Mahmud Sujon on March 01, 2012, 07:18:28 PM

Title: How to Disable/Inactive Autoplay of Audio CDs and USB Drives in Windows XP
Post by: Sultan Mahmud Sujon on March 01, 2012, 07:18:28 PM

How to Disable/Inactive Autoplay of Audio CDs and USB Drives in Windows XP? I find it very annoying when I go home from work and plug my laptop into my external hard drive… The autoplay window always pops up and asks me what I want to do with the files, which may be fine the first time, but definitely isn’t after a year of that.

To get to the configuration screen for this setting, go to Start Menu >> Run and type in:

gpedit.msc

You will see the Group Policy window. You should select Administrative Templates >> System in the tree view:

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You will see an item in the right side pane called “Turn off Autoplay”

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Double click the item, and set the radio button to Enabled, and change the “Turn off Autoplay on” to All Drives.

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