Disable Autorun of All Drives In Windows

The
Autorun
or Autoplay
feature is enabled in Windows by default. Thus, CDs,
DVDs & PenDrives containing viruses or malwares make use of the
Autorun feature in Windows to infect your computer as soon as they
are loaded into your PC, Laptops. If you want to avoid all possible
means of your computer being infected by viruses then disabling
Autorun feature is the first step of them all.

Note:
The
operating system vulnerable to most of the viruses is WINDOWS.

Here
are the simple steps to disable Autorun in Windows:

1. 
   Go
   to Start,
   Click Run &
   type gpedit.msc
   (Windows
   Group Policy) and
   click OK.
   
   
   
   
   


2. 
   Now
   in the Group
   Policy,
   click Adminsitrative
   Templates
   under Computer
   Configuration.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   

   Windows Group Policy

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   For
   Windows
   XP
   click on System.
   
   For
   Windows
   7 & Vista,
   click on System
   Components,
   then Autoplay
   Policies.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


3. 
   Double
   click on Turn
   Off Autoplay
   in the Right Hand Side.
   
   
   
   
   


4. 
   Now
   in Turn
   Off Autoplay Properties,
   select Enabled
   & then select All
   Drives
   in the drop down. Click Apply
   and then OK.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   

   Turn off Autoplay Properties

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

You're
done. Good Luck!