Cannot Paste in Windows 2000

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Abrey Myers

Dear MS Newsgroup: Every once in a while, without warning,
I am unable to paste text into any application, window,
etc., in Windows 2000. There is no error message. Any
clues why this happens? I have seen this on a Compaq
system, now I am using a Dell, so hardware is irrelevant.
I have W2K SP4 with ample HD and RAM.
 
Hi Abrey,

I've seen something like this before.
For me it was a clipboard problem.
My clipboard was full.

one way to view and empty a clipboard is to
click Start->Run
type clipbrd
click OK
this brings up the "clipboard viewer".
from here, you might be able to
click edit->delete.

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If this doesn't work the only other idea have
that the "clipboard service" needs to be started.

click Start->Settings->Control Panel
click Administrative Tools
click Services
right click on the service clipbook
and select restart.

Hopefully one of these ideas does the trick.

Bruce Kenney
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