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Security Tips - How to turn off autoplay

Disc autoplay is a Windows feature that lets you execute a disc’s content when you insert it. Though this can be comfy, it presents a security threat for our systems since computer viri may reside in discs infecting all computers as they are inserted. To turn off the autoplay feature:

  1. Go to Start > Run and type:
    gpedit.msc
    

    Press the Run button.

  2. A window will pop-up. Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System and change to Enable the Turn off Autoplay option:

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