Useful key strokes lost offwego 11/16/2008 9:27:01 PM I used to be able to use a ctrl+c and ctrl+v to copy then paste in 'Word', email, web sites etc. Recently I have lost this function and a ctrl+ c or v justs deletes the highlighted text and substitutes a 'c' or a 'v' Can anyone help?

Re: Useful key strokes lost "Don Phillipson" <e925[ at ]SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> 11/16/2008 9:56:47 PM "offwego" <offwego[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EB75C440-FC77-4B4C-9B09-B3E35A4DCB9A[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I used to be able to use a ctrl+c and ctrl+v to copy then paste in 'Word', > email, web sites etc. Recently I have lost this function and a ctrl+ c or v > justs deletes the highlighted text and substitutes a 'c' or a 'v.' Can anyone help? Since this happens in two or more different apps, your keyboard may have become defective. Try another KB. If the problem continues, you will know it is in the OS, not hardware or an app. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

Re: Useful key strokes lost offwego 11/17/2008 6:29:01 PM ....thanks. I'll try and dig out another keyboard and test it. "Don Phillipson" wrote: [Quoted Text] > "offwego" <offwego[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:EB75C440-FC77-4B4C-9B09-B3E35A4DCB9A[ at ]microsoft.com... > > > I used to be able to use a ctrl+c and ctrl+v to copy then paste in 'Word', > > email, web sites etc. Recently I have lost this function and a ctrl+ c or > v > > justs deletes the highlighted text and substitutes a 'c' or a 'v.' Can > anyone help? > > Since this happens in two or more different apps, your > keyboard may have become defective. Try another KB. > If the problem continues, you will know it is in the OS, > not hardware or an app. > > -- > Don Phillipson > Carlsbad Springs > (Ottawa, Canada) > > >