Here's our Windows NT Tip for.. September 25, 2001
Click Here to see a complete list of all of our previously released Tips!
Make it Go
In a recent Windows NT/2000 tip, we pointed out that disabling Autorun can cause a problem if you play audio discs. Besides the CD problem, enabling Autorun can cause other problems. For example, if you use a disc changer, Autorun will force you to wait while it cycles through all the discs loaded in the changer.

Enabling or disabling Autorun requires you to edit the Registry. As usual, be careful when using RegEdit--you can seriously damage your installation--so make a backup. That said, here's how to enable and disable Autorun. Run RegEdit and choose

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom

then double-click the Autorun key in the right pane of the RegEdit window. This opens a dialog box into which you enter a value. To disable Autorun, enter 0; to enable it, enter 1. Now click OK to close the dialog box. When back in RegEdit, choose Registry|Exit to close the program and save the change.