I’ve had “AutoRun” disabled on my computers for quite some time, but just a reminder to those who are not aware of this feature.
Have you ever inserted a CD into your computer and had a program pop-up immediately? Then you have AutoRun enabled on your computer. While this may seem cool, it carries with it unintended consequences.
Read How-To Tuesday: Disable AutoRun on Windows! – Features – Engadget – features.engadget.com to learn about those consequences and how you can disable AutoRun.
As a note, TweakUI from Microsoft allows you to go in and disable this feature without resorting to regedit. Also, an upcoming service pack from Microsoft will disable this feature by default.
[Via Boing Boing Blog]