How to correct "disable Autorun registry key" enforcement in Windows

Applies To

Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit Edition Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit Edition Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Edition Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition Windows Vista Business 64-bit Edition Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Enterprise Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Starter Windows Vista Ultimate Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 Standard Windows Server 2008 Web Edition

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Summary

AutoRun features were not correctly disabled if you followed the previously published guidance. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

967715How to disable the Autorun functionality in Windows