Turn Off AutoPlay in Windows 8

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Video: Turn Off AutoPlay in Windows 8

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   The first thing that we need to do is access the charms menu by moving the mouse cursor to the upper-right corner of the screen

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   Then, we click "Settings"

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   In "Settings", we need to click "Change PC settings"

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   When a new window opens, we need to click "PC and devices"

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   In the new menu, we need to click "AutoPlay"

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   To turn "AutoPlay" off, we need simply to move the slider to "Off"

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   Now, anything that we connect, for example, a removable drive, a memory card, a phone, or anything else, won't do anything at all.

   

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