I figured out some ways to prevent the Media devices to stop autoplaying. This prevents auto-start viruses, and there are less chances of screwing up.
One way to prevent the auto run USB viruses in XP is to turn off the auto insert notification for all drives, so that the virus/Trojan will not be executed when the USB is plugged in. Please see to it that you go to My Computer , right click and select “Open” or “Explore” and not “Auto play”.
Go to Start Menu > Run and type gpedit.msc [Group Policy Edit]
Select Administrative Templates > System
Select “Turn off Auto play” from right.
Set the radio button to Enabled, and change the “Turn off Auto play on” to All Drives. This way you can enjoy safe file surfing.
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