[cillian64]

I seem to recall there's a way to do this with group policy editor. I'd expect this to be more supported/proper than via the registry. But I can't remember where in group policy the setting is found, and am purely speculating at its reliability.

[Macuyiko]

For reference, this SO post has the steps: https://superuser.com/questions/957267/how-to-disable-automa...

[nailer]

Thanks. Would happily pay $5 for someone to write a current-Windows UI for enabling and disabling this.