HOW TO DISABLE AUTORUN FEATURE IN WINDOWS VISTA THAT DO NOT INCLUDE GROUP POLICY

For operating systems that do not include Gpedit.msc the alternate way to disable autorun feature is as follows

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.

2. Locate and then click the following entry in the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

\policies\Explorer\NoDriveTypeAutorun

3. Right-click NoDriveTypeAutoRun, and then click Modify.

4. In the Value data box, type 0xFF to disable all types of drives.

5. Click OK, and then exit Registry Editor.

6.  Restart the computer.

HOW TO DISABLE AUTOPLAY THROUGH GROUP POLICY

In order to disable autoplay option by using Group policy, run gpedit.msc.
Under Computer Configuration, you will find Administrative Template. Select Administrative Template
and to the right window pane, you will find Windows Components.

 

In the Right window pane, double click and select, Windows Components. There you will find AutoPlay
Policies.

Double click and open AutoPlay Policies. You can choose whether to disable for just removable devices,
or entirely.

Select the option all drives and click ok

How to fix Vista black screen at startup

When you start a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, sometimes it stops responding at a black screen early in the startup process. According to Microsoft support page, the issue occurs because of a deadlock between a thread in Windows NT File System driver (Ntfs.sys) and a thread in the Autochk.exe program.

Follow these steps to fix the issue:

1. Download the hotfix from Microsoft.

2. Install the hotfix and then reboot your PC.

Hotfix link: http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=977675&kbln=en-us

Note that this hotfix applies to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 only.

How to convert a FAT32 partition to NTFS

To Convert a FAT or FAT32 partition to NTFS, you need to type in the command convert (drive name): /fs:ntfs
Example:
Convert f: /fs:ntfs