USB flash drive - USB storage drive. By default, when you connect it to a computer or laptop, the autorun is triggered. The system reads data from the media and offers options, as or opening a flash drive. And what if there is no autorun for security or privacy purposes?
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Turning off the autorun is now especially relevant. In the era of the Internet flash drives are actively used to transfer information, viruses, trojans and other troubles. Disable autorun help to avoid consequences, to do this, open the control panel by clicking the appropriate icon.
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Click Equipment and Sound, then select Autorun.
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In the window that opens, remove the checkbox from the item to use the autorun for all media and devices. Before leaving, save the changes. This item will disable autorun absolutely for all devices.
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The method described above is not the only one. Enter the control panel, right at the top of the quick search window, enter a group policy change in it. Choose a line for administration.
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The same editor can be opened by a quick command, for this press the Win + R combination (Win button on the keyboard with the image of the Windows logo) - will start the Run window. Enter the gpedit.msc in it. Click OK.
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If you did everything right, the local group policy editor opens.
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Next, to configure policy settings on the left side of the window, go to folders in the following sequence:
computer configuration;
administrative templates;
auto start policy.
Double mouse click open power off.
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Initially, the point is not specified. It should be noted Include, there is a small confusion, so you turn off the autorun. In the drop-down list of parameters, select the drives for CDs and devices with removable media. Click OK. Close the editor.
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Also disconnect the automatic launch of the flash drive through the registry. To do this, repeat the combination of Win + R. Enter the Regedit command, to open the Windows Registry Editor. The editor opens. Go to the address in the registry [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \\ SYSTEM \\ CURRENCONLSET \\ SERVICES \\ CDROM], twice with the Autorun parameter and change the value of the parameter from one to zero.
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Run the registry editor, go to [HKLM \\ Software \\ Microsoft \\ Windows \\ Currentversion \\ Policies]. Right-click the section, set the Explorer name. Create here the NodriveTypeAutorun string parameter and set it the value of 0x4. Save. If you want to disable autorun at all on all devices, set the 0xFF value. Registry setting is recommended to be carried out only to experienced users. A careless change in parameters can lead to freezes or the impossibility of loading the operating system.
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To enroll changes due to restart the computer.
After the actions made, the contents of the flash drive will not be automatically read. It is good for security purposes. When connecting the OS, the disk is scanned for the presence of autorun.inf, often the viruses are distributed and the system is infected. In most cases, the deactivation of autoload does not bring inconvenience. Successes!
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