98 Guy wrote:
| Lee wrote:
|
| Just to get another cause posted, I offer this knowing the
| solution has been already found:
|
| Q272242 - Floppy Drive Is Accessed When You Open My Computer
| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=272242
|
| According to that KB, the "correct" value is 95 00 00 00.
|
| I had a look at mine, and it's value is b5 00 00 00.

Smart ones like cquirke & Blanton have said to adjust that setting to
prevent auto-run mischief...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Exp
lorer

.......Quote cquirke..............
In registry, look for NoDriveTypeAutoRun
95 is default value, but dangerous; this autoruns HD too!
9D is better value, allows CD autorun, suppresses HD autorun
B5 disables CD autorun, enables HD autorun (bad)
BD disables CD autorun, disables HD autorun (better)
00 allows all devices to autorun (supremo bad)
FF allows no devices to autorun (supremo safe)
TwaekUI's Paranoi tab works through this setting
.......EOQ............................

Yours was BAD, 98 Guy! My current setting (9D) is a better value! Here
is Blanton's solution for that...

........Quote Blanton...............
I've written a registry file,
http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2/autorun9x.zip
that puts some common autorun configurations in explorer's Tools
Folder Options... I like to be able to change it "on the fly"..so to
speak..

Here's the screenshot.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2/autorunxp.gif

The reg file is heavily commented. Back up the reg (scanregw /backup)
and restore (scanreg /restore) to undo. Or just remove this key:
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\exp lorer\Advanced\Autoru
n]

Reg comments-

;---comments----
;After merging this file with the registry, you'll find a list of
autorun
;options have been added to explorer's folder options.

;The bitmasks and hex values for NoDriveTypeAutoRun
;00000001b 01h DRIVE_UNKNOWN (The drive type cannot be determined)
;00000010b 02h DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR (The root path is invalid)
;00000100b 04h DRIVE_REMOVABLE (includes floppies and zip drives)
;00001000b 08h DRIVE_FIXED (includes drives mapped to a HDD directory)
;00010000b 10h DRIVE_REMOTE (network)
;00100000b 20h DRIVE_CDROM
;01000000b 40h DRIVE_RAMDISK
;10000000b 80h Undefined (reserved for future drive types)
;(values are additive)

;The toggle to play music CDs assumes that the following key exists
;and the default command value is valid-
;HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell\play\command
........EOQ...............

| I wonder if Norton Anti-virus is behind this change. Possibly to
| force the floppy to be accessed which would trigger NAV to scan the
| floppy?
|
| What is the "NoStartBanner" setting for?

Here is a TechNET article that mentions it...
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/arc....mspx?mfr=true
First Steps By David L. Farquhar

......Quote...........
Turn Off Click Here to Begin

The pre-Internet Explorer 4 Windows 95 also shoots an animated arrow
across the taskbar at bootup, pointing at the Start menu, and telling
you to click here to begin. Most of us already know to do this, and
those who don't usually figure it out pretty quickly. This is little
more than a distraction on newer PCs, but on slower machines, this
process can interfere with the launch of your first program if you
try to navigate the Start menu while the animation is still playing.
You can upgrade your CPU and video card, or you can just turn off the
useless fluff. To do that, open Regedit and navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion
\Policies \Explorer. Look for a value titled NoStartBanner. If it's
not present, right-click a blank area and select New\Binary Value.
Type NoStartBanner and hit Enter. Double-click NoStartBanner, and
change its value to 01. This change requires a reboot to take effect.
.......EOQ.............

Careful about what that article says about setting a MAX & MIN for VM
(Virtual Memory)-- it will set a number of MVPs after you! And they
may well be right-- as Harper has seen a rare circumstance that will
cause the machine to self-destruct when set like that! Maybe Martel too!