Update to the AutoPlay functionality

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This article applies to different versions of Windows than Windows 7!!!!

En Windows XP, Windows Vista y Windows Server 2003, las entradas de ejecución automática se rellenaron para todos los dispositivos que contaban con almacenamiento masivo y un archivo AutoRun.inf con un formato válido en el directorio raíz. Entre ellos se incluían CD, DVD, unidades USB, discos duros externos y cualquier dispositivo que sirviera para almacenamiento masivo. Esta actualización deshabilita las entradas de ejecución automática en la reproducción automática y muestra solo entradas que se rellenan a partir de unidades de CD y DVD. De hecho, esto impide reproducción automática trabajar con medios USB.

Impacto sobre las características de Windows
Numerosos dispositivos que se encuentran actualmente en el mercado, y los que se lanzarán próximamente, utilizan la función de ejecución automática con el cuadro de diálogo Reproducción automática para presentar e instalar software al insertar DVD, CD y unidades flash USB.

• Los usuarios que instalen esta actualización no volverán a recibir un mensaje de instalación para instalar programas ofrecidos por las unidades flash USB. Los usuarios tendrán que instalar manualmente el software. Para ello, los usuarios deben hacer clic en Abrir carpeta para ver los archivos, navegar hasta el programa de instalación del software y, por último, hacer doble clic en dicho programa para ejecutarlo manualmente.
• Algunas unidades flash USB cuentan con firmware que presenta estas unidades flash USB como unidades de CD al insertarlas en el equipo. Estas unidades flash USB no se ven afectadas por esta actualización.

In Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2003, AutoRun entries were populated for all devices that had mass storage and had a validly formatted AutoRun.inf file in the root directory. This included CDs, DVDs, USB thumb drives, external hard disks, and any volume that exposed itself as mass storage. This update disables AutoRun entries in AutoPlay, and displays only entries that are populated from CD and DVD drives. Effectively, this prevents AutoPlay from working with USB media.
Impact on end-users and end-user software
Many existing devices in market, and many upcoming devices, use the AutoRun feature with the AutoPlay dialog box to present and install software when DVDs, CDs, and USB flash drives are inserted.

• Users who install this update will no longer receive a setup message that prompts them to install programs that are delivered by USB flash drives. Users will have to manually install the software. To do this, users click Open folder to view the files, browse to the software's Setup program, and then double-click the Setup program to run the program manually.
• Some USB flash drives have firmware that present these USB flash drives as CD drives when you insert them into computers. These USB flash drives are not affected by this update.

Impact on features in Windows
This change to AutoPlay will affect the Wireless Connect Now (Copy Network Settings Wizard) feature in Windows. This feature allows for a user to copy their network settings to a USB flash drive and move the network settings to another computer. After a user is successfully running the Wireless Connect Now feature, the user receives a message that resembles the following:

Copy Network Settings The network settings have been copied to your USB flash drive
Here is what to do next:
1. Remove the USB flash drive from this computer.
2. For computers, insert the USB flash drive into a USB port on the computer that you want to set up. Computers must be running Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP.
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For devices, follow the instructions in the information that came with the device, which might appear on the display of certain devices.
3. Repeat these steps to set up additional computers or devices.
View more detailed instructions

After you install this update, users will no longer see this dialog box. Users must browse to the setup executable that is found on the USB flash drive to start the "Copy Network Settings" process.

Download links (for itanium not here)

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB971029)  
Download the Windows6.0-KB971029-x86.msu
Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB971029)

Download the Windows6.0-KB971029-x64.msu

Update for Windows Vista (KB971029)Download the Windows6.0-KB971029-x86
Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB971029)

Download the Windows6.0-KB971029-x64.msu

Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB971029)Download the WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB971029-x64-ENU.exe
Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB971029)

Download the WindowsServer2003-KB971029-x86-ENU.exe

Update for Windows XP (KB971029)Download the WindowsXP-KB971029-x86-ENU.exe
Release Date: August 25, 2009