[header] How to rip content protected cds without using the bundled software [title] You need to disable autorun. [step] Do this by running regedit. Exe (press start, run, type regedit, press enter). [title] In the registry editor, navigate to hkey _ local _ machine \ system \ currentcontrolset \ services \ cdrom. 
[title] Double-click the autorun value, and type 0 for its value. [step] If it's not there, create it by selecting edit-] new-] dword value, and typing " autorun " for its name.