DVDs and Music CDs Automatically Play After You Change the AutoRun Registry Value of the CD-ROM (319287)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
This article was previously published under Q319287

SYMPTOMS

DVDs and music CDs may run automatically, and this may occur even if the "AutoRun" registry value of the CD-ROM drive is turned off. This symptom may occur with hot-plug CD-ROM drives.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
   Date         Time   Version        Size       File name
   ---------------------------------------------------------
   26-Mar-2002  10:14  5.0.3502.5253  2,338,576  Shell32.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

A value of 0xb5 in the following registry key turns off the AutoRun feature for CDs:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDriveTypeAutoRun

Microsoft does not recommend that you use the following registry key to turn off the AutoPlay feature:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom\Autorun

The real function of this registry key is to turn on or off the media change notification.

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/27/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbenv kbfix kbshell kbui kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB319287
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