| How to stop auto play of CD's and USB drives 1) While inserting a CD or an external drive press the Shift key on your keyboard for a few seconds. How to permanently stop auto play of CD's, USB, SD Cards or external hard drives 1) Click on start --> Run and type "gpedit.msc"  
2) Navigate to Computer Configuration --> Administrative Templates and then click on System. 3) From the Right pane double click on Turn off Autoplay. 4) Click on Enabled and then select from options next to "Turn off Autoplay on:" CD-ROM drives or All drives. All drives will disable autoplay on external drives like USB or SD Card readers, external hard drives etc.  How to turn off Windows Security Center alerts?Windows Security Center Alerts you through a taskbar icon on our system tray and keeps reminding you that your system is vulnerable to attack since you do not have an Anti-Virus, Firewall and/or Automatic updates disabled. Sometimes it becomes annoying and you would definitely want to hide the taskbar icon from troubling you. It troubles me too and I just learnt how to get rid of it. I hope that you understand that your system is still vulnerable. - Click on Start ---> Control Panel
- Double click on Security Center
- On the left pane under Resources, click 'Change the way Security Center alerts me'
- In the Alert Settings dialog box, uncheck the Firewall, Automatic Updates and Virus Protection check boxes, and then click OK.
How to disable Windows XP's error reporting? - Click Start --> Control Panel --> System
- Click on the Advanced tab on the top
- Click the Error Reporting button in the Startup and Recovery section
- Click on the Disable error reporting button or custmize it the way you want it
- Click on Ok --> Apply
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