"Paste" Doesn't Work

[Guest someone]

Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100. Recently, after I select "copy" from "edit" I

cannot "paste" the copied matter. In fact, "paste" is grayed out.

[Guest Bob I]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

Does the problem remain after you have logged off and then back on to

the PC?

 

someone wrote:

> Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100. Recently, after I select "copy" from "edit"

> I cannot "paste" the copied matter. In fact, "paste" is grayed out.

[Guest someone]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

I've been having this problem for the last few days. I have my computer

configured so that I don't have to log on or off as I am the only user. I

have started, turned off, and re-started several times.

 

"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> Does the problem remain after you have logged off and then back on to the

> PC?

>

> someone wrote:

>> Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100. Recently, after I select "copy" from "edit" I

>> cannot "paste" the copied matter. In fact, "paste" is grayed out.

>

[Guest Mike Cawood, HND BIT]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

"someone" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message

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> Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100. Recently, after I select "copy" from "edit" I

> cannot "paste" the copied matter. In fact, "paste" is grayed out.

System Restore to before the problem happened!

Mike.

[Guest someone]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

AVG, on its daily scan, discovered a trojan horse in my System Restore and

yesterday I had to turn off System Restore, restart the computer, and turn

System Restore back on, so I've lost all my prior restore points.

Incidentally, I reset it to 5% or 1034. Not to hijack my own post, but is

that sufficient?

 

"Mike Cawood, HND BIT" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message

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> "someone" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message

> news:u8GvNsYeIHA.5620@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100. Recently, after I select "copy" from "edit" I

>> cannot "paste" the copied matter. In fact, "paste" is grayed out.

> System Restore to before the problem happened!

> Mike.

>

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

Depends on the size of your hard drive and how many restore points you want

to keep on hand. How about some specifics? After all, 5% of a 20GB drive

is a lot different than 5% of a 200GB drive. Restore points use 100MB+ per

each.

 

"someone" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message

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> AVG, on its daily scan, discovered a trojan horse in my System Restore and

> yesterday I had to turn off System Restore, restart the computer, and

> turn System Restore back on, so I've lost all my prior restore points.

> Incidentally, I reset it to 5% or 1034. Not to hijack my own post, but is

> that sufficient?

>

> "Mike Cawood, HND BIT" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message

> news:62m8cpF23v4etU1@mid.individual.net...

>> "someone" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message

>> news:u8GvNsYeIHA.5620@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100. Recently, after I select "copy" from "edit"

>>> I cannot "paste" the copied matter. In fact, "paste" is grayed out.

>> System Restore to before the problem happened!

>> Mike.

>>

>>

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

The date and time was 2/27/2008 3:52 PM, and on a whim, Colin Barnhorst

pounded out on the keyboard:

> Depends on the size of your hard drive and how many restore points you want

> to keep on hand. How about some specifics? After all, 5% of a 20GB drive

> is a lot different than 5% of a 200GB drive. Restore points use 100MB+ per

> each.

>

> "someone" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message

> news:e%23xAzjZeIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> AVG, on its daily scan, discovered a trojan horse in my System Restore and

>> yesterday I had to turn off System Restore, restart the computer, and

>> turn System Restore back on, so I've lost all my prior restore points.

>> Incidentally, I reset it to 5% or 1034. Not to hijack my own post, but is

>> that sufficient?

 

Isn't "5% or 1034" specific enough? ;-)

 

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[Guest Elmo]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

someone wrote:

> Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100. Recently, after I select "copy" from "edit"

> I cannot "paste" the copied matter. In fact, "paste" is grayed out.

 

Copy/Paste Problems? Click Start, Run, and enter these lines:

 

regsvr32 ole32.dll (Press Enter key)

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll (Press Enter key)

 

Also try Kelly's tweak (you'll find instructions at the top of the page).

 

Line 233 - Enable Drag and Drop

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

Click Start, Run, type SFC /SCANNOW, click OK. If any files are damaged

or missing, they'll be replaced. You may need to reboot afterwards so

damaged files will be replaced.

 

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Joe =o)

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

someone wrote:

> Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100. Recently, after I select "copy" from

> "edit" I cannot "paste" the copied matter. In fact, "paste" is

> grayed out.

 

Always?

 

Some files (i.e., some PDFs) are rigged such that the contents cannot be

copied. I think with these files you can seemingly "copy" but there's really

nothing in the clipboard, so subsequent "paste" is unavailable.

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

I don't know what the 1034 represents.

 

"Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote in message

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> The date and time was 2/27/2008 3:52 PM, and on a whim, Colin Barnhorst

> pounded out on the keyboard:

>

>> Depends on the size of your hard drive and how many restore points you

>> want to keep on hand. How about some specifics? After all, 5% of a 20GB

>> drive is a lot different than 5% of a 200GB drive. Restore points use

>> 100MB+ per each.

>>

>> "someone" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message

>> news:e%23xAzjZeIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> AVG, on its daily scan, discovered a trojan horse in my System Restore

>>> and yesterday I had to turn off System Restore, restart the computer,

>>> and turn System Restore back on, so I've lost all my prior restore

>>> points. Incidentally, I reset it to 5% or 1034. Not to hijack my own

>>> post, but is that sufficient?

>

> Isn't "5% or 1034" specific enough? ;-)

>

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[Guest JD]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

Another possibility. If you use Works Suite, when Word opens it clears the

contents of the clipboard. So if you've copied something from the Web before

opening Word, the clipboard will be empty. As a test, before opening Word,

see if your copied material will paste into Notepad.

"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> someone wrote:

>> Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100. Recently, after I select "copy" from

>> "edit" I cannot "paste" the copied matter. In fact, "paste" is

>> grayed out.

>

> Always?

>

> Some files (i.e., some PDFs) are rigged such that the contents cannot be

> copied. I think with these files you can seemingly "copy" but there's

> really nothing in the clipboard, so subsequent "paste" is unavailable.

>

[Guest Bob I]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

I see your computer was a victim of malware, that is the cause of the

problem. Please use the procedure Elmo provided.

 

someone wrote:

> I've been having this problem for the last few days. I have my computer

> configured so that I don't have to log on or off as I am the only user.

> I have started, turned off, and re-started several times.

>

> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:uB8jM6YeIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>

>> Does the problem remain after you have logged off and then back on to

>> the PC?

>>

>> someone wrote:

>>

>>> Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100. Recently, after I select "copy" from

>>> "edit" I cannot "paste" the copied matter. In fact, "paste" is

>>> grayed out.

>>

>>

[Guest someone]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

Thanks. I tested the copy and paste with Microsoft Word, and it works.

However, I tried copying and pasting chess games from an email into a chess

software, and they didn't work. But the strange thing is that I was always

able to copy and paste those types of game notations into the chess software

successfully before. I had noticed that I could not even copy some stuff

from some websites since the website would not allow that, but I had been

able to copy chess notations on emails before.

 

"1034" is 1034 mb. I've left that as it is.

 

"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> someone wrote:

>> Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100. Recently, after I select "copy" from

>> "edit" I cannot "paste" the copied matter. In fact, "paste" is

>> grayed out.

>

> Always?

>

> Some files (i.e., some PDFs) are rigged such that the contents cannot be

> copied. I think with these files you can seemingly "copy" but there's

> really nothing in the clipboard, so subsequent "paste" is unavailable.

>

[Guest Bob I]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

Try Ctrl+Insert(copy) and Shift+Insert(paste) that sometimes works when

the "r-button" menu fails.

 

someone wrote:

> Thanks. I tested the copy and paste with Microsoft Word, and it works.

> However, I tried copying and pasting chess games from an email into a

> chess software, and they didn't work. But the strange thing is that I

> was always able to copy and paste those types of game notations into the

> chess software successfully before. I had noticed that I could not even

> copy some stuff from some websites since the website would not allow

> that, but I had been able to copy chess notations on emails before.

>

> "1034" is 1034 mb. I've left that as it is.

>

> "HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:unUIoSbeIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>

>> someone wrote:

>>

>>> Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100. Recently, after I select "copy" from

>>> "edit" I cannot "paste" the copied matter. In fact, "paste" is

>>> grayed out.

>>

>>

>> Always?

>>

>> Some files (i.e., some PDFs) are rigged such that the contents cannot

>> be copied. I think with these files you can seemingly "copy" but

>> there's really nothing in the clipboard, so subsequent "paste" is

>> unavailable.

>>

[Guest someone]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

Thanks. I'll try that at the next opportunity.

 

"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> Try Ctrl+Insert(copy) and Shift+Insert(paste) that sometimes works when

> the "r-button" menu fails.

>

> someone wrote:

>> Thanks. I tested the copy and paste with Microsoft Word, and it works.

>> However, I tried copying and pasting chess games from an email into a

>> chess software, and they didn't work. But the strange thing is that I

>> was always able to copy and paste those types of game notations into the

>> chess software successfully before. I had noticed that I could not even

>> copy some stuff from some websites since the website would not allow

>> that, but I had been able to copy chess notations on emails before.

>>

>> "1034" is 1034 mb. I've left that as it is.

>>

>> "HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:unUIoSbeIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>

>>> someone wrote:

>>>

>>>> Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100. Recently, after I select "copy" from

>>>> "edit" I cannot "paste" the copied matter. In fact, "paste" is

>>>> grayed out.

>>>

>>>

>>> Always?

>>>

>>> Some files (i.e., some PDFs) are rigged such that the contents cannot be

>>> copied. I think with these files you can seemingly "copy" but there's

>>> really nothing in the clipboard, so subsequent "paste" is unavailable.

>>>

>

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

someone wrote:

> Thanks. I tested the copy and paste with Microsoft Word, and it

> works. However, I tried copying and pasting chess games from an email

> into a chess software, and they didn't work. But the strange thing

> is that I was always able to copy and paste those types of game

> notations into the chess software successfully before. I had noticed

> that I could not even copy some stuff from some websites since the

> website would not allow that, but I had been able to copy chess

> notations on emails before.

> "1034" is 1034 mb. I've left that as it is.

>

> "HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:unUIoSbeIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> someone wrote:

>>> Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100. Recently, after I select "copy" from

>>> "edit" I cannot "paste" the copied matter. In fact, "paste" is

>>> grayed out.

>>

>> Always?

>>

>> Some files (i.e., some PDFs) are rigged such that the contents

>> cannot be copied. I think with these files you can seemingly "copy"

>> but there's really nothing in the clipboard, so subsequent "paste"

>> is unavailable.

 

Ah ha! Well, there's still might be a fix.

 

Contact the web master of the site at issue. He should be able to disable

the code that's disabling the copy command.

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

The date and time was 2/27/2008 7:20 PM, and on a whim, Colin Barnhorst

pounded out on the keyboard:

> I don't know what the 1034 represents.

>

> "Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote in message

> news:%237v2o6ZeIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> The date and time was 2/27/2008 3:52 PM, and on a whim, Colin Barnhorst

>> pounded out on the keyboard:

>>

>>> Depends on the size of your hard drive and how many restore points you

>>> want to keep on hand. How about some specifics? After all, 5% of a 20GB

>>> drive is a lot different than 5% of a 200GB drive. Restore points use

>>> 100MB+ per each.

>>>

>>> "someone" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message

>>> news:e%23xAzjZeIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>> AVG, on its daily scan, discovered a trojan horse in my System Restore

>>>> and yesterday I had to turn off System Restore, restart the computer,

>>>> and turn System Restore back on, so I've lost all my prior restore

>>>> points. Incidentally, I reset it to 5% or 1034. Not to hijack my own

>>>> post, but is that sufficient?

>> Isn't "5% or 1034" specific enough? ;-)

>>

>

 

Well, we can almost surely say that 5% won't be 1034 gig, or 1034 Kb.

So wouldn't one naturally think megabytes?

 

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[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: "Paste" Doesn't Work

 

I have no idea what he meant by 1034.

 

"Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote in message

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> The date and time was 2/27/2008 7:20 PM, and on a whim, Colin Barnhorst

> pounded out on the keyboard:

>

>> I don't know what the 1034 represents.

>>

>> "Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote in message

>> news:%237v2o6ZeIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> The date and time was 2/27/2008 3:52 PM, and on a whim, Colin Barnhorst

>>> pounded out on the keyboard:

>>>

>>>> Depends on the size of your hard drive and how many restore points you

>>>> want to keep on hand. How about some specifics? After all, 5% of a

>>>> 20GB drive is a lot different than 5% of a 200GB drive. Restore points

>>>> use 100MB+ per each.

>>>>

>>>> "someone" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message

>>>> news:e%23xAzjZeIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>> AVG, on its daily scan, discovered a trojan horse in my System Restore

>>>>> and yesterday I had to turn off System Restore, restart the computer,

>>>>> and turn System Restore back on, so I've lost all my prior restore

>>>>> points. Incidentally, I reset it to 5% or 1034. Not to hijack my own

>>>>> post, but is that sufficient?

>>> Isn't "5% or 1034" specific enough? ;-)

>>>

>>

>

> Well, we can almost surely say that 5% won't be 1034 gig, or 1034 Kb. So

> wouldn't one naturally think megabytes?

>

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