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Disabling autorun will prevent applications from executing simply because you have inserted a CD into your system. This is a potential security issue and the option should have been off by default. First, click the Start button, and select Run. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit"
Second, when the regedit program appears, navigate the tree to the left until you find My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom
Third, right click "Autorun" in the Name column, and select Modify
Fourth, in the resulting dialog box, set the value to 0.
Finally, close regedit and reboot your system. Autorun is now disabled!
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Disabling Autorun
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