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Petonak - 21 May 2008 18:01 GMT

This isn't strictly an Internet Explorer problem but out of like the 1000
possible groups this seemed like a good choice.

When I am in explorer now on some pages when I navigate about them it asks
me if I want to give the webpage access to my clipboard. I have been clicking
allow access to let the pages load. This has only begun happening in the last
day or two. Today I am finding that I cannot Copy and Paste anything in
Explorer or any other Microsoft application (Word, Notepad, etc.). I have no
idea how this occured or why it is happening. I have made no changes to the
operating system nor anything else. Yes I have done the standard Microsoft
'fix' of "Shut it down and turn it on again" to no avail. And I really just
enjoyed telling someone I am working on a 4 million dollar business deal with
that I couldn't send him an important URL because I could no longer cut and
paste .... making me of course look like an idiot.

Any help is appreciated.

P

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Stephen Adams - 21 May 2008 18:26 GMT

On 2008-05-21 13:01, in article
96CE313D-45F8-431B-8FBE-894EDAF92801@microsoft.com, "Petonak"

> This isn't strictly an Internet Explorer problem but out of like the 1000
> possible groups this seemed like a good choice.
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>
> P

First off, which operating system are you using? You posted your issue on a
newsgroup dealing with Internet Explorer for the Macintosh. This is not a
Windows newsgroup.

If you are using a Macintosh, are you using Mac Classic (OS 9 or older) or
Mac OS X? Your copy-n-paste issue might be easily fixed on Mac OS X by
repairing disk permissions. I'm not sure what a Mac Classic OS fix would be
since I've not had to search for one.

I wish I could be of more help but without knowing what OS you're using, I
cannot even begin to suggest where you could look for an answer. My final
bit of advice would be to say, "Google is your friend."

Best of luck.

Stephen

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Ian_ - 02 Jun 2008 12:09 GMT

"Petonak" <Petonak@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> When I am in explorer now on some pages when I navigate about them it asks
>> me if I want to give the webpage access to my clipboard.

Why would you want to allow worldwide access to your own personal clipboard?
It sounds very dodgy to me, but I don't use a PC ;-)

>> I have been clicking allow access to let the pages load.
>> This has only begun happening in the last day or two.
>> Today I am finding that I cannot Copy and Paste anything in
>> Explorer or any other Microsoft application (Word, Notepad, etc.).

You could try a temporary solution, such as using Mozilla Firefox web
browser with some security extensions, such as "NoScript", to try and
prevent hijacking in future.
Let us know if copy & paste works in that application.

HTH, &B-) Ian
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