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I downloaded and used this utility to turn off AutoRun:<br />
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<a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/216706-autoplay-enable-disable.html" rel="ugc">http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/216706-autoplay-enable-disable.html</a><br />
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It worked fine, when I plug in my two external hard drives they are not searched any longer.<br />
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But is that enough? Do I have to do anything for AutoPlay also? In Control Panel/Hardware and Sound/AutoPlay? Or can I just ignore that?
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I downloaded and used this utility to turn off AutoRun:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/216706-autoplay-enable-disable.html [http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/216706-autoplay-enable-disable.html]

It worked fine, when I plug in my two external hard drives they are not searched any longer.

But is that enough? Do I have to do anything for AutoPlay also? In Control Panel/Hardware and Sound/AutoPlay? Or can I just ignore that?

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Is there any Autoplay to turn off in Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit as was the case with Windows XP Pro?<br />
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I have two external HDDs on 250 GB each, and each time I connect these to my Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit there is a popup-windows that says &quot;Searching for contents&quot;. Isn't this the same thing as Autoplay in Windows XP Pro?<br />
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Suppose there are infections on any of these two external HDDs: Would these infections get activated once the &quot;Searching for contents&quot; starts?
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Is there any Autoplay to turn off in Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit as was the case with Windows XP Pro?

I have two external HDDs on 250 GB each, and each time I connect these to my Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit there is a popup-windows that says "Searching for contents". Isn't this the same thing as Autoplay in Windows XP Pro?

Suppose there are infections on any of these two external HDDs: Would these infections get activated once the "Searching for contents" starts?

Is there any Autoplay to turn off in Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit as was the case with Windows XP Pro?

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.