Windows Vista Forum Home    Search    Members    Calendar    Who's On Welcome Guest ( Login | Register )       Recent Posts    Popular Topics Home » Vista Technical » Security » How I disable AUTORUN of a DVD DRIVE ? How I disable AUTORUN of a DVD DRIVE ? Rate Topic Display Mode Topic Options Author Message lse123 Posted 6/30/2009 12:07:41 PM Vista Newbie Group: Forum Members Last Login: 3/16/2010 11:43:02 AM Posts: 16, Visits: 21 How I disable AUTORUN of a DVD DRIVE ? In VISTA & XP ... BY this I may SCAN the optical disc without the posibility catch virus (if it has viruses) , correct ? LSE Post #208401 WAW8 Posted 6/30/2009 1:23:35 PM Co-Administrator Group: Administrators Last Login: Today @ 9:01:07 AM Posts: 2,769, Visits: 3,074 There's multiple ways to do this, see the link below: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-autoplay-in-windows-vista/ And yes, as long as you don't execute a file, you shouldn't need to worry about infection. ASUS A832nSLI-Deluxe, AMD 64X2 4400 OC 2.4GHz, 2GB OCZ, Running: Windows 7, Vista 32-bit, Ubuntu 9.10, 9.04 Post #208432 Jason Posted 7/29/2009 11:43:11 AM Administrator Group: Administrators Last Login: 1/14/2010 1:08:55 PM Posts: 2,112, Visits: 2,289 I belive MS pushed out an update a while ago which disabled autorun by default and there is now an option in control panel to adjust the settings. If you have automatic updates you likely recieved the update. AMD64 X2 5200+ 2.60GHz | 3GB DDR 667 | RAID 0 SATA3.0 WD Caviars 320GB total | Foxconn MCP61VM2MA-RS2H Geforce 6100 nforce400 chipset | Vista Ultimate x86 Post #216948 « Prev Topic | Next Topic » Reading This Topic Active Users: 0 (0 guests, 0 members, 0 anonymous members) No members currently viewing this topic. Forum Moderators: Jason, blackhat, kingofnexus, Camride, MafiaLord91, WAW8, Walker, MrMagic, PC509, AmericanNightmare Permissions You cannot post new topics. You cannot post topic replies. You cannot post new polls. You cannot post replies to polls. You cannot edit your own topics. You cannot delete your own topics. You cannot edit other topics. You cannot delete other topics. You cannot edit your own posts. You cannot edit other posts. You cannot delete your own posts. You cannot delete other posts. You cannot post events. You cannot edit your own events. You cannot edit other events. You cannot delete your own events. You cannot delete other events. You cannot send private messages. You cannot send emails. You may read topics. You cannot rate topics. You cannot vote within polls. You cannot upload attachments. You cannot download attachments. You cannot post HTML code. You cannot edit HTML code. You cannot post IFCode. You cannot post JavaScript. You cannot post EmotIcons. You cannot post or upload images. Forum Jump...----------------Forum HomeSearchMembers ListCalendarWho's Online---------------- Members  |-- Vista News  |-- Register Now! (Redirect Forum)  |-- Vista Downloads Off-Topic General Discussion  |-- Main Lounge  |-- Introductions  |-- Site News & Announcements Vista Technical  |-- General Technical  |-- Installation & Compatibility  |-- Networking & Internet  |-- Drivers  |-- Performance & Tweaks  |-- Security  |-- Recovery & Backup Vista Multimedia  |-- Audio & Video  |-- Gaming Support  |-- Sidebar & GUI Customization Vista Newsgroups  |-- General Technical  |-- Installation, Setup & Upgrading  |-- Internet, Networking & Sharing  |-- System Peformance & Maintenance  |-- Hardware Troubleshooting  |-- Hardware Performance  |-- General Security  |-- Games and Gameplay Support  |-- Documents and Files  |-- Windows Mail  |-- Printers/Fax/Scan Support  |-- Multimedia (Music/Pictures/Video)  |-- UAC & User Accounts All times are GMT -6:00, Time now is 9:01am Powered By InstantForum.NET v4.1.4 © 2010 Execution: 0.094. 7 queries. Compression Enabled.