I am not sure if this is what you want, but it is possible to disable any
"auto run" activity when you insert a CD. Open Windows Explorer, right click
the CDROM drive, select Properties and choose the Auto Play tab. There you
can select "No Action" for each type of disk.

It is also possible to turn off Auto Play by using TweakUI or the free
software FreshUI from www.freshdevices.com

Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> In my XP Pro set up I get a little animated CD disk next to 
> the mouse arrow when I put a CD in the CDROM.  It takes 10 
> seconds (or it seems like that long) before the dialog box 
> comes up for me to cancel.  Then I do what I need in the 
> application I want to use.  This could be my file manager, 
> PowerDesk, or Advanced Disk Catalog (which is what I was 
> using to catalog my CD's after I accidentally deleted the 
> existing catalog).  I had to wait each time I inserted a new 
> CD for that Windows Explorer dialog box to show up before I 
> could continue. I tried going to settings to kill it in 
> administrative tools, but could not find that service to 
> kill.  How do you kill it?

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