Puzzled Jeff wrote:
> I have two computers with this problem. I am running Windows XP Pro with
> Office XP Pro (Office 2002), Pentium 4 chip or higher, 1 gig(+) RAM. I have
> a Microsoft Trackball Explorer on one computer, and a Microsoft wireless
> optical mouse 5000.
>
> The problem with screen shots taking the place of my cut or copy and paste
> just started occurring.
>
> Most of the times that I try to copy and paste something I get a screen
> capture instead of the text that I want to either cut or copy and paste. I
> have tried all methods of copying and pasting including:
>
> Clipboard: always starts with screen capture
> Shortcuts: Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V
> Menu: Edit-Copy and Edit-Paste
> Mouse right click: copy and paste
>
> Almost everytime I get a screen capture instead of what I want to copy.
> Additionally, when I open the Windows XP clipbook viewer it shows a screen
> shot instead of the "text."
>
> This problem is independent of the Office applications and other programs
> too. Many times the computer is capturing screens even when I am not trying
> to copy something. When I open an Office program and the clipboard viewer I
> see it fill up with screen shots. When I clear the clipboard it automatically
> fills up again.
>
> I believe this to be a problem associated with Windows XP as the problem
> happens in notepad and IE.
>
> I have scanned the computer with AdAware, Spybot, and Symantec Antivirus and
> the problem persists.
>
> Does anybody have the same problem or a solution other than a clean
> re-install?

A few things to try:

- Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/rcdelay.htm

That could work if those sections of the context menu are damaged, I
guess. It shouldn't hurt anything to read these articles and consider
the fixes.

- I _believe_ Copy Paste are connected to Ole components, which are tied
to IE. It might help to repair Internet Explorer to get these working
right again:

How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q318378

- Perhaps just re-registering some of these .dll's will fix it.

Click Start button, Run command and type in the text box:

Regsvr32 /i ole32.dll and click [OK] or Hit [Enter] on your keyboard.

Regsvr32 /i shell32.dll and click [OK] or Hit [Enter] on your keyboard.

Regsvr32 mshtml.dll and click [OK] or Hit [Enter] on your keyboard.

- Look for malware on the machine.

hth,

--
Joe =o)