External hard drives opening on startup

Tinyman

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G'day all, I read the tutorial on removing the Windows password requirement. I changed the settings per the example, everything seemed ok, I restarted and it logged me in as expected, but then it took me to the desktop and opened up all of my external hard drives. I then changed the setting back to requiring a password and still the same result. I have restarted several times and still the same condition.

Any thoughts are most welcome.

Tinyman
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer
    CPU
    Pentium (R) Dual Core E5200 @ 2.50GHZ
    Memory
    3.00 GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell E1909W (Analog)
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Backup + Desk USB Device 3TB
    WD Ext HDD 1021 USB Device 2TB
    WD Ext HDD 1021 USB Device 2TB
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device 3TB
    WDC WD10EZRX-00A8LB0 1TB
    Case
    Standard Slimline
    Cooling
    Standard
    Keyboard
    Logitech standard cordless
    Mouse
    Logitech USB Whelmouse
    Internet Speed
    Send 800 KBPS Rec 16.0 KBPS
    Other Info
    Brother HL-2130 Laser Printer USB
    Satellite Internet
You may have a virus on your external drives that has an AutoRUN feature, AutoRun viruses force drives open so that the infection can be spread.

I use a 3rd party program to immunise my hard drives against Autorun, unfortunately, I don't know how to immunise my drives outside of that program and I can't offer it as a solution cos its a paid program.

What you can do is open Control Panel and do this:

autoplay on.png

This is probably how your Autoplay is set now, change it to THIS:

autoplay off.png
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
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