I can't wait for Windows 8 to arrive, not really for the new features but because it's an excuse to start over with my computer, to lose all the crud that builds up over time to slow it down, crud ...

Yes, this is a bit of a report from our post Monday, but we feel disabling Autorun is extremely important. Last week we went off to buy a CD—something we, like a lot of people, do on a regular basis.

Microsoft’s latest round of patches released on Tuesday includes an optional update that will shut off the “autorun” capability for users of older Windows operating systems, a move the company has ...

AutoRun has been around for a long time, since Windows 95, and it was a feature that made it easier for users to figure out what to do with their AOL discs (OK, not just AOL CDs, but I wonder whether ...

In response to the recent Conficker outbreak, Microsoft has made some changes in the AutoRun functionality in Windows 7. The main purpose of Autorun is to provide a software response to hardware ...

Over time, every computer gets more and more junk, er, software, added to its autostart locations. What starts out as a happy user experience, in which a PC owner is pleased with the performance of ...

In addition to releasing a large number of security updates on Tuesday, Microsoft released an important change to the behavior of Windows XP and Windows Vista. Windows will not run or offer to run ...

Antivirus vendors are warning customers of a spreading malware that can infect computers through a well-known bug in the Windows AutoRun software used to automatically launch programs on a DVD or USB ...

The latest patch turns off the AutoRun feature for Vista and XP. Well if your sticking with the Windows Vista or XP software you might have noticed your AutoRun feature turned off from the latest ...

Prompted by the spread of the Conficker worm through infected USB drives, Microsoft Corp. will unveil changes in next week’s public Windows 7 Release Candidate that are designed to stymie such hacker ...