Removing the auto "what do you want to do" box

chef · TweakNOOB Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 187

Anyone know how to disable that annoying select box that comes up in XP everytime you plug in hardware, usb's, cd's, etc.? I looked around in tweakxp.com but couldn't find anything.

Any help would be much appreciated. -Chef

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JayDubya · Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 11:38 pm Post subject:

oh please someone tell us how to disable the "add hardware wizard" thing.
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gmoney · Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 11:48 pm Post subject:

see first what you do is tear the windows cd out, smash it. then you format that foul publication of windows in a full reformat , then install red hat linux 9.
thats all folks
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Sally · UberTweaker Joined: 31 Mar 2004 Posts: 1158 Location: WA

ok, so no answer to this but i have some instructions to rid yourselves of something EQUALLY as annoying: the error reporting garbage.

start>settings>control panel>system>advanced>error reporting>disable
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

You should be able to set the selection box to one certain item you want done evertime you do it.

I always have it set to open and view files.
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chef · TweakNOOB Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 187

Maybe Linux is a good idea after all...

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linux is ALWAYS a good idea....=]
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FroGGer · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:47 pm Post subject:

You can change those settings in gpedit. Go to run and type in gpedit.msc. From there you have to go to user settings or something like that and find it in there. I'm on a network comp now so I can't make sure.
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chef · TweakNOOB Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 187

Thanks for answering my question, but gpedit.msc is only in XP pro, not home edition. Is there a XP home equivalent to gpedit.msc?

FroGGer · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:02 am Post subject:

You probably know this already, but if you don't have XP Pro you can use regedit. I turned it off on my laptop which has home edition. I'll see if I can remember how to do it.
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chef · TweakNOOB Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 187

Thanks. I figured there was a registry key I could mess with, I'll see if I can find it.

smith.p.sean · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 4:46 pm Post subject: Man

I finally no enough to be able to help someone out!!!
Simply open my computer. Right click on your cd drive. Click properties. Click the autoplay tab. Click select action to perform. Click take no action. Select apply then ok!!! and tada, no more autoplay.

smith.p.sean · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 4:49 pm Post subject:

That gets rid of the CD Drive popup thing but u have to do it for each individual action for the scroll down menu.
Or install nero cause that automatically disables it

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

TweakXP also allows you to do it in one shot, otherwise, you have to right click on each CD drive, Properties, then the Autoplay tab, and select each function seperately.........the registry edit I've not used, but I do remember reading about it, but in reverse. Somebody wanted the autoplay turned back on, and couldn't figure out how.

I'll see if I can find it later, I'll be out of town for a few days.
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chef · TweakNOOB Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 187

Sweet, that would be nice if you could figure it out. :)

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

here ya go..........you can either do it manually, or just copy and paste it into notepad, save it as autoplay.reg and doubleclick it.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom]
"AutoRun"=dword:0000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:000000b5
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smith.p.sean · Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 11:40 am Post subject:

sweet. Ill check it out.