In this post, we will see how to disable AutoPlay in Windows using the Control Panel, Group Policy, or the Registry Editor. But before that, let us see what is AutoPlay and AutoRun in Windows. Then we ...

More than a month after the US-CERT alerted users to the problems with the instructions for disabling the AutoRun capability in Windows, Microsoft has released a fix for the AutoRun problem. More than ...

Nothing beats a USB port for convenience, whether you want to quickly transport a couple gigabytes of files for work, refresh the lineup on your MP3 player, or view the pictures from your recent trip ...

AutoRun has been around for a long time, since Windows 95, and it was a feature that made it easier for users to figure out what to do with their AOL discs (OK, not just AOL CDs, but I wonder whether ...

Prompted by the spread of the Conficker worm through infected USB drives, Microsoft Corp. will unveil changes in next week’s public Windows 7 Release Candidate that are designed to stymie such hacker ...

Microsoft is pushing out a software update to some Windows users that fixes a bug in the Windows AutoRun software, used to automatically launch programs when DVDs or USB devices are introduced to the ...

Many people are confused about Windows Autorun and Autoplay, including otherwise competent techies. You may be confused and not even realize it. I was. In the good old days, neither Autorun nor ...