Q:
How do you turn off the CD AutoRun feature in Windows XP? I see a tip on it for Windows 98 and ME, but what about XP? Please help!

A:
It's time to get back to the basics! You're right, we have done a tip on how to turn off the AutoRun feature in Windows 98 and ME and if you're interested in that, you can read female viagra does it work title=”http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/1347″>here. But, if you're an XP user, please keep reading!

In case I've already lost you, let me first explain what AutoRun really is. Basically, AutoRun works with your computer's CD ROM drive. When you insert a CD into the drive and you close the drive tray, your CD usually starts up on its own. Hence the name AutoRun! But what if you don't want it to do that? What if you just want the CD to sit there until you pick the program you want to open it up in? Does that sound like a better deal to you? Otherwise, the CD may open in a different program than you want and then you have to go through the process of stopping it, opening up the other program, starting it again, etc, etc. It's just not worth all of that sometimes! So, instead, you can turn off the AutoRun feature and do things the way you want them done. Let's see how!

Okay, now that we have that out of the way, here's how you can turn the AutoRun feature off in Windows XP. Please keep in mind that this tip works with your Registry Editor and you should only do this if you're 100 percent sure you can handle it. If not, please find some help. Here we go!

1.) Go to Start, Run and type in "regedit" (without the quotes). Click OK.

2.) Once you're there, double click on the entry that says HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

3.) Next, double click on SYSTEM, then CurrentControlSet, then Services and finally Cdrom. That will bring up some text on your right hand side panel.

4.) Find the entry that says AutoRun and double click on it. You will then see the value data for the AutoRun. It will probably have the number 1 entered in, so go ahead and erase that and replace it with 0 (zero). Click OK.

5.) Now, just restart your computer and you'll be all set!

That wasn't too painful, was it?! So, from now on, when you use a CD in your computer, you can choose what you want it to do next. It all lies in your hands now!