49. Not ready for Play Time.
When you pop an audio CD or CD-ROM in your drive, does it start playing automatically? If so, then you have AutoPlay. This feature cuts one step out of your work--when you insert a CD in the drive, the system knows what to do. (Without AutoPlay, you'd have to display a CD's contents in an Explorer window, or in the case of an audio CD, launch the CD Player program yourself.)
The thing is, there may be times when you don't want AutoPlay to do its thing. You may, for instance, want to put an audio CD in the drive and listen to it later. You can turn off this function on a per-instance basis. Pop the CD in your CD-ROM drive, close the door, and hold down the Shift key for a few seconds (for about as long as it normally takes for AutoPlay to begin). Know what happens? Absolutely nothing.
Microsoft® Windows®95 Hints & Tips by Stuart Martin.
