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When a Windows95-aware CD-ROM is inserted into a CD-ROM drive,
Windows95 automatically launches the program contained on the disk,
whether you want it to or not. Similarly the audio CD player pops up
whenever you insert an audio CD and starts playing it immediately.
This is cute the first or second time, but soon gets annoying. If you
hold down the Shift key when inserting the CD, this doesn't happen.
This is especially irritating on slower computers, where you have to
wait for what seems like an eternity for it to load some ridiculous
welcome screen. To turn this "feature" off so you don't have to press
keys while you're putting disks in your computer, follow the following
instructions (strangely enough, the folks at Microsoft had no idea how
to do this):
Right-click on the My Computer icon (or whatever you've
renamed it - hopefully something less cute and more meaningful
than "my computer," such as "Bart").
Choose the Device Manager tab.
Open the CD-ROM branch, and select the entry for your
CD-ROM drive.
Click Properties, and then choose the Settings tab.
Turn off the Auto insert notification option.
Click OK, and then OK again. |