AutoPlay for USB devices

From: crash_sc (coxmarshall_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:11:28 -0400

Is there any way I can turn autoplay off all together for USB devices? I
know I can set it to take no action, but I have about 30gigs of stuff on an
external HD and everytime I plug it in my pc scans it to see what kind of
content it has. This isn't a real problem, its just getting aggrevating.

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