copy and paste in XP Pro

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Hello there,
Has anyone experienced copy and paste not working in XP Pro, I must
reboot to get it back? A plain copy/paste in a notepad does not work.
What could be the cause? I am using office 2000. Thanks a lot, T

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"Tester" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello there,
> Has anyone experienced copy and paste not working in XP Pro, I must
> reboot to get it back? A plain copy/paste in a notepad does not work.
> What could be the cause? I am using office 2000. Thanks a lot, T
>

I have a vague recollection that some virus will break the
copy functionality. How is your virus protection? Up-to-date?
Have you scanned your PC recently?

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Tester wrote:
>
> Has anyone experienced copy and paste not working in XP Pro, I must
> reboot to get it back? A plain copy/paste in a notepad does not work.
> What could be the cause? I am using office 2000. Thanks a lot, T

Sometimes that even happens to me using a win9x PC. Seems I have to use
Ctl-V to paste once and then the copy paste works ok after that.

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Hi there,
Thanks a lot. Anti virus is up todate and I have no spyware. It works
now after rebooting, I will try Ctrl V next time.

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This has to do with some application having a lock over the Windows Clipboard. David Candy's application should determine the Process that's causing the problem.

Download GetOpenClipboardWindow.zip from here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/temp/GetOp...oardWindow.zip

Unzip and run the tool. Post back what it reports. For best results, run this utility during the time you encounter the Copy<=>Paste problem.

See also:

Clipboard not working:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Clipboard_not_working

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

"Tester" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Hello there,
Has anyone experienced copy and paste not working in XP Pro, I must
reboot to get it back? A plain copy/paste in a notepad does not work.
What could be the cause? I am using office 2000. Thanks a lot, T

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