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DrZaius · 09-19-2001, 01:32 AM

Hi Nelly,

Those are all good questions, I've been using XP for a few weeks now and have been asking myself too. Here's what I found so far:

To enable DMA mode go to Device Manager (right click on My Computer->Properties->Hardware->Device Manager) and look at the properties for the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers (primary and secondary). Under the "Advanced Settings" tab you can select "DMA if available" for the "Transfer Mode" option.
I know this works in Windows 2000, so I'm assuming it works in XP as well. To disable the CD auto run run regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom. Set "autorun" to "0".

As for the network part, I'm still working on that. Trying to get my Win98 machines to see it, and vica versa.

Hope that helps.

09-19-2001, 01:32 AM	#2
DrZaius Member (13 bit) Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 7,030	Hi Nelly, Those are all good questions, I've been using XP for a few weeks now and have been asking myself too. Here's what I found so far: To enable DMA mode go to Device Manager (right click on My Computer->Properties->Hardware->Device Manager) and look at the properties for the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers (primary and secondary). Under the "Advanced Settings" tab you can select "DMA if available" for the "Transfer Mode" option. I know this works in Windows 2000, so I'm assuming it works in XP as well. To disable the CD auto run run regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom. Set "autorun" to "0". As for the network part, I'm still working on that. Trying to get my Win98 machines to see it, and vica versa. Hope that helps. __________________ "A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire