There’s one major pain in the keister every iPhone or iPod Touch owner has to put up with on a daily basis. You plug in your phone simply to top up the battery and you have to deal with the annoying AutoPlay pop-up Windows insists on displaying. Try as I might, I cannot find an option to “Do Nothing” and am forced to click the big X at the top right, which does not jive so well with the “Always do this for this device” option. Disabling this feature is quite simple to do, if you know where to look.

Windows 7 / Vista

Open your Start Menu

Type “autoplay” in the search box and hit enter

Scroll to the bottom until you see your iPhone/iPod’s name

Click the dropdown box and select Take no action

Click Save

Windows XP

Open your Start Menu

Select Control Panel

Open Printers and Other Hardware

Open Scanners and Cameras

Right click your iPhone or iPod Touch and choose Properties

Click the Events tab

From the dropdown next to Select an event choose Camera Connected

Select Take no action

Click OK