i tried using mouse keys and the menus and whatnot to copy and paste... doesn't work either.
i just tried a system restore, it got a disc space error... i had afew gigs free when i did it... now my bookmarks in firefox are gone, the bottom gray bar of firefox is two inchs tall?? half my programs are odd now.... all of my system restore points are gone....
i think i might have to reinstall windows.... which means a year of reinstalling programs and updating windows, my discs are from before windows SP1
restarting twice fixed firefox.. reinstalled one of the other programs that went bad.... i still have no copy paste, endless crap to backup
pig, you mentioned clipboard settings??? does windows have clipboard settings? i havn't noticed any.
as i was launching the program to reformat my CD's, i remembered i forgot to backup my email!!! i quit that and opened up windows to do so... i tinkered around more, ran that ccleaner that was mentioned aboved.... then i realized what was going on, my clipboard is being hoggged up cause my computer keeps taking print screens nonstop!! i'm not sure if it is from the keyboard or something else... i already tried opening windows as a different user with the same results... i think it may be my laptop's keyboard???
anyone have advice on what to do from here? thanks in advance!