I've disabled Windows autorun on the Reference Desk PC. This is the part of Windows that offers to automatically open programs for you when you plug in a USB flash drive or put a disc into the DVD drive. This change means that you'll need to open the directory on your flash drive and double-click any programs that you wish to run from your flash drive.
I've disabled autorun to prevent flash drives infected with malware from infecting the Ref Desk PC. These malware programs take advantage of Windows' autorun to automatically infect any PC that the flash drive is plugged into (more info here).
Jon W.
P.S. If you'd like to disable autorun on your own PC (which I recommend), download and install this Microsoft Fix It. See this Microsoft KB article for more information.
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