To illustrate my point, the Microsoft Knowledge Base article that Goodin cites as the right way (How to correct “disable Autorun registry key” enforcement in Windows), offers no solution for ...

To disable the autorun functionality in Windows XP ... It covers what software fixes to install, if needed, and the related registry keys and group policies that can be configured.) ...

In How to correct “disable Autorun registry key” enforcement in Windows Microsoft goes so far as to say “Autorun is also known as AutoPlay”. Interestingly, the most dangerous of the three ...