Re: Autorun

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:06:29 -0800
From:                   Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>

> I disabled AUTORUN a long time ago -- for things like digital cameras , or
> anything else that relay on AUTORUN to automagically launch an application, you
> can always simply move files around as you would any other attached
> device/drive.

Ah, yes, on the old stuff.  One of my old digitals does the same.

New Olympus SP-550UZ.  Very fancy.  With Autorun off, connect, and it just sits 
there.  Computer doesn't even recognize that anything's attached.

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