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Autoplay and Autoboot fail
I am using XP Pro.
I have two disks - one the XP install CD and the other an application install CD. Both will automatically start on one machine, but not on a second machine. What should I look for on the failing machine to make it work for this? I have used msconfig to compare both and so far see no differences. Thank you |
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geezer wrote:
I am using XP Pro. I have two disks - one the XP install CD and the other an application install CD. Both will automatically start on one machine, but not on a second machine. What should I look for on the failing machine to make it work for this? I have used msconfig to compare both and so far see no differences. First, the PC has to be able to boot from the CD drive. If it has that capability, you should be able to configure it in the BIOS setup screen -- typically through the Boot/Boot Options menu. |
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:55:49 GMT, geezer
wrote: I am using XP Pro. I have two disks - one the XP install CD and the other an application install CD. Both will automatically start on one machine, but not on a second machine. What should I look for on the failing machine to make it work for this? I have used msconfig to compare both and so far see no differences. Thank you First of all, are you SURE you want the system that doesn't autorun, to do it? Most people making a change would want to disable the autorun, as it's not only a way an infected CD could infect your box, but also some modern media (like audio CDs) may autorun a nice little application that effectively cripples your system... just "in case" you had some notion to rip their songs... nevermind if you weren't going to, you couldn't then do anything similar that's completely legal, either. Regardless, if you had Tweakui installed it's on the "Paranoia" tab, or the manual way to do it is here, just reverse their directions and put in a "1" instead of a "0". http://features.engadget.com/entry/3239236478279892/ Since autorun is enabled by default, might you have some other application on the system that can, was, used to disable it already?! |
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:19:33 GMT, kony wrote:
First of all, are you SURE you want the system that doesn't autorun, to do it? Most people making a change would want to disable the autorun, as it's not only a way an infected CD could infect your box, but also some modern media (like audio CDs) may autorun a nice little application that effectively cripples your system... just "in case" you had some notion to rip their songs... nevermind if you weren't going to, you couldn't then do anything similar that's completely legal, either. Regardless, if you had Tweakui installed it's on the "Paranoia" tab, or the manual way to do it is here, just reverse their directions and put in a "1" instead of a "0". http://features.engadget.com/entry/3239236478279892/ Since autorun is enabled by default, might you have some other application on the system that can, was, used to disable it already?! Your points are well made. I am going to dwell on them a bit. Anyway, I found a solution at http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/xp-autorun.html using something called: Windows XP autorun repair wizard It seems to have worked for both 'auto' failures. Thanks G |
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:19:33 GMT, kony wrote:
First of all, are you SURE you want the system that doesn't autorun, to do it? Most people making a change would want to disable the autorun, as it's not only a way an infected CD could infect your box, but also some modern media (like audio CDs) may autorun a nice little application that effectively cripples your system... just "in case" you had some notion to rip their songs... nevermind if you weren't going to, you couldn't then do anything similar that's completely legal, either. Regardless, if you had Tweakui installed it's on the "Paranoia" tab, or the manual way to do it is here, just reverse their directions and put in a "1" instead of a "0". http://features.engadget.com/entry/3239236478279892/ Since autorun is enabled by default, might you have some other application on the system that can, was, used to disable it already?! I have an entry in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom AutoRunAlwaysDisable REG_MULTI_SZ folowed by a long string which enumerates various kinds of units, e.g., NEC, Pioneer, et al. Anybody know what that is all about? -- Greatest Movie Line Ever http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/MovieLine.wmv "What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?" --Thomas Sowell |
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:19:33 GMT, kony wrote:
Regardless, if you had Tweakui installed it's on the "Paranoia" tab, I have had TweakUI for a long time and have used it to toggle autorun back and forth. But this time it did not work. I had to set the key manually. YMMV however. -- Greatest Movie Line Ever http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/MovieLine.wmv "What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?" --Thomas Sowell |
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:26:57 GMT, kony wrote:
I have an entry in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom AutoRunAlwaysDisable REG_MULTI_SZ folowed by a long string which enumerates various kinds of units, e.g., NEC, Pioneer, et al. Anybody know what that is all about? Those are a list of drives which have questionable autorun compatibility, an exclusion list. What do mean by "questionable autorun compatibility"? -- Greatest Movie Line Ever http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/MovieLine.wmv "What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?" --Thomas Sowell |
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 02:54:21 GMT, kony wrote:
What do mean by "questionable autorun compatibility"? I don't know if they work, MS doesn't know either. Do you know? That's questionable. For whatever reason they don't meet the same criteria as other drives, we don't really need to know why. I need to know why. -- Greatest Movie Line Ever http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/MovieLine.wmv "What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?" --Thomas Sowell |
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