How can you disable cd autorun in windows 200 where the cds will not auto start Thanks! Nick

Here are the instructions from Microsoft's Knowledge Base article Q155217: There is no user interface option to enable or disable the Autorun feature. To enable or disable the feature, you must edit the registry. To do so, follow the steps below. WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall Windows NT. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. 1. Change the Autorun value in the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom To disable the Autorun feature, change the Autorun value to 0. To enable the Autorun feature, change the Autorun value to 1. 2. Restart the computer. NOTE: The above method disables the Autorun feature completely. If you want to disable the feature on a per compact disc basis, you can hold down one of the SHIFT keys while inserting the compact disc.

Don't do what John (above) says... Windows2000 like Win98 has an addon pack which isn't automatically installed. It's in the extras folder....Powertools.exe This will create a folder with a program called TweakUI in it (not an .EXE), right click on TweakUI.inf and choose INSTALL...it will add a shortcut in your control panel. Running TeakUI will give you more advanced options in configuring your desktop and stuff. You can choose between autoplaying music or data whatever you want... :)

Hello, To disable AutoRun of CD-ROM in Win2000,please do the following steps : 1.. Double-click My Computer. 2.. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the File Types tab. 3.. In Registered file types, click AudioCD, and then click Advanced. 4.. In Actions, click Play, and then click Set Default. Note: a.. You can temporarily disable AutoPlay by pressing SHIFT while you insert an audio CD. b.. Repeating steps 1 through 4 enables AutoPlay. c.. When Play is displayed in bold, AutoPlay is enabled. When Play is not displayed in bold, AutoPlay is disabled To disable autorun on your CDROM drive by using REGISTRY, please do the following : Open REGEDT32 Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/Cdrom Change the valuefor Autorun to 0 (the numeric zero) Exit REGEDT32 WARNING: Incorrectly editing registry entries can result in serious problems and data loss. For getting more details about this please visit the link given below : http://www.sans.org/newlook/digests/ntarchives/022900.htm Regards, Sherlock. Qsupport.com

um, my windows2000 cd has no extras folder and no powertools. go with editing the registry (carefully).

All the above is bull s--- ! go to your start menu , Run and type the following: wintool32 cd 00 00 00 /d