Autorun question plz

how do I shut the autorun off in windows 7 Sony Vaio plz
tyvm

ok tyvm will read up on that
hagn

Lila said:

how do I shut the autorun off in windows 7 Sony Vaio plz
tyvm

Disable the "Shell Hardware Detection" service.

Control Panel-> Administrative Tools -> Services -> Shell Hardware Detection
Right click, select properties, set to Disabled ... click Ok... reboot.

Annoying thing, isn't it?

yipeee that did the trick CommonTater..tyvm

now does anyone here have windows xp? I have been to their forum and the instructions that they gave me do not work to shut it off. I did a reformat not long ago and it drives me nuts every time I turn on my external ...ty

Lila said:

yipeee that did the trick CommonTater..tyvm

now does anyone here have windows xp? I have been to their forum and the instructions that they gave me do not work to shut it off. I did a reformat not long ago and it drives me nuts every time I turn on my external ...ty

The services tweak will work on XP and Vista as well....

Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services

Disable Shell Hardware Detection ... Just like you did on win7.

oh my gosh it was that simple
in the windows xp forum they wanted me to start messing with the registry and put a notepad in with a code and I tired but it didn't work anyhow.
I did your way and I rebooted and turned on my external and its good now
thank you so much for all your help
have a great day...

Lila said:

oh my gosh it was that simple
in the windows xp forum they wanted me to start messing with the registry and put a notepad in with a code and I tired but it didn't work anyhow.
I did your way and I rebooted and turned on my external and its good now
thank you so much for all your help
have a great day...

My pleasure....

Just remember to undo whatever muppingsnarf they fed you....

oh boy I looked and can't find the notepad they told me to put in but when I did drag the notepad it said it was installed correctly...any suggestions on how to find it..thanks again