[dba-Tech] Vista prevents Word scraps?

Thanks Rocky -- no need to remote -- I can clearly see what's happening 
thanks to your description. Thank you for checking this out for me.

Susan H.

> When I try to drag it to the desktop I get that circle with the slash icon
> when the mouse pointer gets to the desktop. If I right click the selected
> text and copy it then right click the desk top, the Paste command in the
> context menu is grayed out.  So apparently the desktop is not 'seeing' the
> clipboard at that point.
>
> If you want to try it we may be able to use Windows Remote Assistance so 
> you
> can work it yourself on my machine. Let me know if you want to try that.
>
> Rocky
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 8:21 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Vista prevents Word scraps?
>
> Does it just refuse to do it, do you get a message? I'm wondering if this 
> is
> some kind of security setting that could be reset?
>
> Susan H.
>
>
>
>>I tried it with Vista Ultimate and Word 2007.  And it didn't work.
>>
>> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/msoffice/?p=1050
>>
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