HOW TO DISABLE AUTORUN FEATURE IN WINDOWS VISTA THAT DO NOT INCLUDE GROUP POLICY

For operating systems that do not include Gpedit.msc the alternate way to disable autorun feature is as follows

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.

2. Locate and then click the following entry in the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

\policies\Explorer\NoDriveTypeAutorun

3. Right-click NoDriveTypeAutoRun, and then click Modify.

4. In the Value data box, type 0xFF to disable all types of drives.

5. Click OK, and then exit Registry Editor.

6.  Restart the computer.