ZeeBee Posted November 7, 2012 ID:610442 Share Posted November 7, 2012 HiHow do I disable autorun from hard drive and autorun from the network drive? please.Thanks for any help provided. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted November 7, 2012 ID:610445 Share Posted November 7, 2012 See if this artical from Microsoft is what your looking for.How to disable the Autorun functionality in Windows Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeBee Posted November 7, 2012 Author ID:610543 Share Posted November 7, 2012 HiThank you for the link.I tried all the ideas and it seems that none of them have worked for me the auto run feature is still on, both for the hard drive and network drive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted November 8, 2012 ID:610826 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Did you try running the Microsoft Fix it 50471 from the link I gave you above? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeBee Posted November 9, 2012 Author ID:611102 Share Posted November 9, 2012 HiI went through all the options you gave me in the link and it still says on the Kaspersky Security Scan's report that it needs to be disabled. Could there be something enabling it on again that I need to disable first?Thanks for your help and advice it's very much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted November 9, 2012 Root Admin ID:611109 Share Posted November 9, 2012 How to disable the Autorun functionality in WindowsThe updates that this article describes fix a problem with the disable Autorun feature. Without these updates, Autorun for a network drive cannot be disabled. Also, the shortcut menu and double-click functionality of Autorun were not disabled even if the steps that were previously provided were followed. This problem is fixed by the updates described in this article. The updates were distributed to the following systems through the Windows Update and Automatic update distribution channels: Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows XP Service Pack 2 Windows XP Service Pack 3 Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Prerequisites to disable Autorun capabilitiesAutoplay and Autorun are two different features of Windows. Disabling Autoplay from Control Panel and making changes in Registry to set NoDriveTypeAutoRun key to FF does not change the Autorun behavior.If windows perform any task automatically when you connect the external hard drive then we can say that Autoplay is enabled.If nothing happens and only the Icon changes in windows explorer then Autoplay is disabled, we cannot stop windows from changing the icon because the behaviour is by design.Please check the link below that discusses about Autoplay and Autorun,http://windows.micro...lay-and-autorunUsing the Registry to Disable AutoRunThe NoDriveTypeAutoRun subkey value is reset to the original default value on a Windows Server 2003-based computer, on a Windows XP-based computer, or on a Windows 2000-based computerIt could also potentially be Kaspersky that is preventing the change according to this post.Autoplay does not work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted November 9, 2012 ID:611177 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Thanks Ron for the additional info.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeBee Posted November 10, 2012 Author ID:611615 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Thank you Ron for your help.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted November 11, 2012 Root Admin ID:611872 Share Posted November 11, 2012 You're quite welcome. Were you able to get this resolved now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeBee Posted November 11, 2012 Author ID:612145 Share Posted November 11, 2012 HiNo every option I try it still remains on. The Kapersky software is an on demand scanner so I don't think it would have any effect. I have tried all the options again with no protection activated on the computer and its still not working, it's still reported as enabled.I may try to re-installing the OS and try again as I cant see why it has no effect. Sorry it took a while to get back to you it's not my computer and I just help the old lady whose lappy it is so have to explain to her every time I help her out what I'm doing, she can just manage E-mail and copy and paste so far lol.Thank you for all the help given its much appreciated Firefox and Ron. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted November 12, 2012 Root Admin ID:612304 Share Posted November 12, 2012 So what is telling you this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeBee Posted November 12, 2012 Author ID:612449 Share Posted November 12, 2012 HiIts Kaspersky Security Scan which I originally ran to help find why Trend Micro was reporting so many threats to pages the lady who owns the laptop has never been to. There's no malware shes clean as I've run OTL and some other tools. I'm of the thinking now that she may be experiencing some kind of man in the middle attack and that's why I would love to tighten up her PC for her. I'm no techy at all just been using PCs for about a year and a half but am learning quite a bit. If you'd like to close the post please do as I think I've done all I can I will reinstall the operating system and try your links to see if it will work on version 1 of vista and then install the other two vista updates sp1 and 2.Sorry for the waffle and thanks for your kind help and your patience.Zeebee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted November 12, 2012 Root Admin ID:612513 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Well since it's Kaspersky that is saying this I would suggest probably creating a topic on their support site and seeking assistance from them.Are you sure this computer is fully up to date with all of the prerequisite patches and updates as explained in the documentation? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeBee Posted November 14, 2012 Author ID:613093 Share Posted November 14, 2012 HiWhen I tried the updates they said it didn't apply to her system. I keep her up to date as regards to updates for all other programs running on her PC. I tried the Microsoft disable and enable tool on one of my laptops running the same OS and AV and they worked just fine for me so I'm guessing it must be something on her machine that's stopping the disable option.I posted on the Kaperksy forum like you suggested and will wait for a reply from them.Thank you very much for all your help Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted November 14, 2012 ID:613136 Share Posted November 14, 2012 You are quite welcome, We are glad to be of service, hope you get what your looking for on the Kaspersky forum. Let us know if you need further assistance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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