How to disable autorun from Windows 7/8.

Hi Friends!

Today I am telling you that How to disable autorun from
Windows 7/8.

Whenever you connect a removable media to your computer,
the autorun feature of Windows 7 comes into action and
 immediately provides you with many options including
the ‘Open folder to view files’ option.
 Apart from the internet, most viruses and malware
enter the system through infected removable media.
Malicious programs malware and viruses usually infects
 the Autorun.inf file present on the removable media device.
If you happen to connect an infected removable media device
like USB to your computer and then make use of the
‘Open folder to view files’ option,
the malware will get activated and thereby attack
all the files of your system. The only way to deal with
this problem is to disable the Autorun feature of Windows.

The steps are given below....

Step 1
Press Windows+R to launch run dialogue box.
Type gpedit.msc

Step 2.
Local Group Policy Editor opens click on Computer Configuration

Step 3.
In Computer Configuration click on Administrative Templates

Step 4.
In Administrative Templates click on Windows Components

Step 5.
Select Auto Play Policies.

Step 6.
 When you click on AutoPlay Policies on the left, you
will also see an option that says Turn off AutoPlay
on the right. Click on it and then choose the Edit option.

Step 7.
On the Turn off AutoPlay window,
you need to select the Enabled option to Enable and
Disabled option to disable your pen drive

Step 8.
Click on Disabled
Click on Apply
Click on OK

Hey you done !

If you want to enable auto run then repeat step 1 to 7 and
select enabled option to enable the auto run option


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+ Muzammil Khan