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Name: davehelps
Date: June 10, 2004 at 09:38:00 Pacific
OS: Win XP Pro SP1
CPU/Ram: Athlon 2400, 512MB DDR
Comment:

Just a quickie:

How do I set my computer NOT to try to search the contents of my CD/DVD drives upon startup (even if they are empty!!)?

Thanks in advance

Dave



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Response Number 1
Name: Lesley
Date: June 10, 2004 at 09:50:22 Pacific
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davehelps

This is probably a Setting in your Anti-Virus Software - browse around all the Preferences\Options

Lesley


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Response Number 2
Name: johnr
Date: June 10, 2004 at 09:52:27 Pacific
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Or if you mean at initial boot-up - before Windows starts - then that is set in the Boot Priority section of the BIOS


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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser
Date: June 10, 2004 at 10:01:18 Pacific
Reply:

davehelps,

Are you talking about Windows remembering previous CD folders?


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Response Number 4
Name: mattie
Date: June 10, 2004 at 10:16:49 Pacific
Reply:

i'd say we're looking for auto insert notification ... to disable do this:

Right click on My Computer.

Go to Hardware/Devices

Go to Device Manager

Open the + on DVD/CD-ROM drives.


Right click on the DVD drive you want to stop autorun.

Under advanced it should say "autoinsert notification" Uncheck that box.

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