Control the CD-ROM Autorun Function (Windows NT/2000/XP)

Control the CD-ROM Autorun Function (Windows NT/2000/XP)

Normally when you insert a disc into your CD-ROM drive, the contents are automatically launched. This tweak allows you to disable this behavior. Open your registry and find the key below. Change to value of 'Autorun', or create a new DWORD value if it doesn't already exist, and set the data to equal '0' for Autorun disabled. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect. Note: This method disables automatically running CD-ROMs. If you want to disable automatically running CD-ROMs depending on the CD-ROM that you insert in the CD-ROM drive, you can press and hold down one of the SHIFT key while you insert the CD-ROM.

Below are its setting in Registry:

System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom]
Name:
AutorunType:
REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)Value: (0=disable,
1=enable)