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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How To Disable Autoplay Of Audio CDs and USB Drives In Windows XP |
You will see an item in the right side pane called “Turn off Autoplay”
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How To Disable Autoplay Of Audio CDs and USB Drives In Windows XP |
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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How To Disable Autoplay Of Audio CDs and USB Drives In Windows XP |
Now you should be safe from the autoplay monster.
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