Disable Autorun in Windows for additional security

A way to protect your Computer from viruses which are triggered by autorun from removable drives like the USB.

STEPS:

1. If you use XP Pro, follow steps 1 through 8 only. XP Home users begin at step 8.


2. Click Start and then click Run and type gpedit.msc and click OK
3. The Group Policy window will open. In the left pane, double-click Administrative Templates
4. System
5. Scroll down the list and double-click Turn Off Autoplay
6. In the Turn Off Autoplay Properties window, select Enabled. From the dropdown next to Turn Off Autoplay on, select All drives and then click OK then exit Group Policy
   
7. XP Home users will need to make the changes by editing the registry directly. To begin, click Startand then click Runand type regedit and click OK.
   
8. The left pane in the Registry window , navigate to:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
   With Explorer highlighted, in the right-pane right click the value NoDriveTypeAutoRun and select Modify from the drop down menu. The base value will be set to Hexadecimal. If not, select Hexadecimal.
9. Type 95 and click OK.
10. Note that this will stop Autorun on removable/USB drives, but still allow it on CD ROM drives. If you want to disable autorun on both, substitute b5 for the 95.
11. Exit Registry Editor.
    
12. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.