Windows XP annoys the **** outta me

Sean7

When a new cd/device/etc is inserted in a computer, a popup menu comes asking what you wnat to do with the device and also gives the option to do this every time the device is inserted. I accidentally hit for XP to automatically open Windows Media Player every time I plug in my mp3 player when I really meant it to always take no action.
Is there anyway to reverse this and stop WMP coming up every time I put in the mp3 player ?

*Angel*

Sean7 wrote:

When a new cd/device/etc is inserted in a computer, a popup menu comes asking what you wnat to do with the device and also gives the option to do this every time the device is inserted. I accidentally hit for XP to automatically open Windows Media Player every time I plug in my mp3 player when I really meant it to always take no action.
Is there anyway to reverse this and stop WMP coming up every time I put in the mp3 player ?

Try this:
When the mp3 player is plugged in go into 'my computer', right click on the mp3 icon and select autoplay, a window will pop up giving you the option for no action to take place.

Sean7

Thanks man, that worked a charm

Goodshape

Sean7 wrote:

when I really meant it to always take no action.

Always. It amazes me how Microsoft seem to manage without fail, time and time again, to make their stupid pop-ups so damn annoying.

None of their visual tweaks since 95 have been anything other than annoying filler.

RicardoSmith

Goodshape wrote:

...of their visual tweaks since 95 have been anything other than annoying filler.

Yes theres been no improvements at all in 10yrs :rolleyes:

JDxtra

Goodshape wrote:

Always. It amazes me how Microsoft seem to manage without fail, time and time again, to make their stupid pop-ups so damn annoying.

None of their visual tweaks since 95 have been anything other than annoying filler.

For some people, that may be true. However I believe a lot of people find the pop up message described above to be very handy - especially for the real non-techies out there.

ChRoMe

I guess sometimes us nerds forget that non-techies have to use computers too!.

Boooooooo to n00bs!!!!!

Mac daddy

that is why i run linux and a copy of windows only to play games -

More power in linux almost everything can be customized ....