How to rip content protected cds without using the bundled software<br>You need to disable autorun. Do this by running regedit. Exe (press start, run, type regedit, press enter). In the registry editor, navigate to hkey _ local _ machine \ system \ currentcontrolset \ services \ cdrom.
cdrom is a subdirectory within the registry editor. 
( z1 subdirectory :domain ( z2 code :name ( z3 name :op "cdrom" ) ) :location ( z4 editor :mod ( z5 registry ) ) )