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  1. #1


    Nick Guest

    CTRL+C

    Hey there,



    Ever since I've had vista, CTRL+C routinely fails, and I'm not just
    imagining this. I don't get it happen once in XP, but in Vista it happens
    several times a day and is extremely frustrating. The only solution, do it
    again...

    "Do it twice incase it didn't work the first time"

    Any idea what could cause this? Apart from Vista being a steaming pile
    of **** of course...

    Nick.



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  2. #2


    Joseph Meehan Guest

    Re: CTRL+C

    I wonder if some TSR might be stealing it?

    "Nick" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:OsjeLn6qIHA.420@xxxxxx

    > Hey there,
    >
    > Ever since I've had vista, CTRL+C routinely fails, and I'm not just
    > imagining this. I don't get it happen once in XP, but in Vista it happens
    > several times a day and is extremely frustrating. The only solution, do
    > it again...
    >
    > "Do it twice incase it didn't work the first time"
    >
    > Any idea what could cause this? Apart from Vista being a steaming pile
    > of **** of course...
    >
    > Nick.
    >

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  3. #3
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    Re: CTRL+C

    Quote Originally Posted by Nick View Post
    Hey there,

    Ever since I've had vista, CTRL+C routinely fails, and I'm not just
    imagining this. I don't get it happen once in XP, but in Vista it happens
    several times a day and is extremely frustrating. The only solution, do it
    again...

    "Do it twice incase it didn't work the first time"

    Any idea what could cause this? Apart from Vista being a steaming pile
    of **** of course...

    Nick.

    I have the problem (since using Vista) that if any of the keys "Q", "W", "E", "R", "T" or "Y" are pressed too quickly in succession, then the system only registers one key press. I could easily have blamed Vista, but the problem was eventually traced down to a bad membrane connection in the keyboard.

    Soaybe your keyboard itself is on the fritz, and it's just "luck of the draw" that the problems started showing up shortly after installing Vista. If possible, try plugging in a different keyboard, and se if that helps. If you are using a USB keyboard, then perhaps adjusting the speed settings of your USB ports in the BIOS could also help.

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  4. #4


    Nick Guest

    Re: CTRL+C

    Hi there,

    Unfortunately not as this is happening on 2 separate systems. I
    appreciate what you are saying though of course, but nope, I would have
    thought of that already.

    Nick.

    "Dzomlija" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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    >
    > Nick;699869 Wrote:

    >> Hey there,
    >>
    >> Ever since I've had vista, CTRL+C routinely fails, and I'm not just
    >> imagining this. I don't get it happen once in XP, but in Vista it
    >> happens
    >> several times a day and is extremely frustrating. The only solution, do
    >> it
    >> again...
    >>
    >> "Do it twice incase it didn't work the first time"
    >>
    >> Any idea what could cause this? Apart from Vista being a steaming pile
    >> of **** of course...
    >>
    >> Nick.
    >
    >
    > I have the problem (since using Vista) that if any of the keys "Q",
    > "W", "E", "R", "T" or "Y" are pressed too quickly in succession, then
    > the system only registers one key press. I could easily have blamed
    > Vista, but the problem was eventually traced down to a bad membrane
    > connection in the keyboard.
    >
    > Soaybe your keyboard itself is on the fritz, and it's just "luck of the
    > draw" that the problems started showing up shortly after installing
    > Vista. If possible, try plugging in a different keyboard, and se if that
    > helps. If you are using a USB keyboard, then perhaps adjusting the speed
    > settings of your USB ports in the BIOS could also help.
    >
    >
    > --
    > Dzomlija
    >
    > Peter Alexander Dzomlija
    > -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
    > you die, so shall I be Reborn...-
    >
    > _*Prometheus*_
    > MOBO: ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP
    > CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
    > RAM: 2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
    > GPU: ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO, 256MB
    > BOX: Thermaltake Tai-Chi Water Cooled
    > OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64
    > '' (http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=333562)'[image:
    > http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png]'
    > (http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png)


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  5. #5


    Nick Guest

    Re: CTRL+C

    Hi there,

    Nope, I've been a professional software engineer for the past 8 years so
    I'm quite confident that I know what is running on my PC, also this is
    happening on any Vista PC I've used so far. The place I notice it the most
    is from Internet Explorer, copying the contents of the address bar to the
    clipboard, it's constantly not registering and forcing me to do it again.

    Very frustrating as you can imagine.

    Nick.

    "Joseph Meehan" <sligoNoSPAMjoe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:u3lCNc7qIHA.5940@xxxxxx

    > I wonder if some TSR might be stealing it?
    >
    > "Nick" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:OsjeLn6qIHA.420@xxxxxx

    >> Hey there,
    >>
    >> Ever since I've had vista, CTRL+C routinely fails, and I'm not just
    >> imagining this. I don't get it happen once in XP, but in Vista it
    >> happens several times a day and is extremely frustrating. The only
    >> solution, do it again...
    >>
    >> "Do it twice incase it didn't work the first time"
    >>
    >> Any idea what could cause this? Apart from Vista being a steaming
    >> pile of **** of course...
    >>
    >> Nick.
    >>
    >
    >
    > --
    > Joseph Meehan
    >
    > Dia 's Muire duit
    >
    >
    >


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  6. #6


    zachd [MSFT] Guest

    Re: CTRL+C


    So what's running on those two PCs that isn't running on a third PC that's
    working here?

    Are you running SP1? This may be relevant if you're not running SP1:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941282/

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    "Nick" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:%23OiDSR8qIHA.3568@xxxxxx

    > Hi there,
    >
    > Unfortunately not as this is happening on 2 separate systems. I
    > appreciate what you are saying though of course, but nope, I would have
    > thought of that already.
    >
    > Nick.
    >
    > "Dzomlija" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
    > news:2cb103dd70e8079e91909762b1df553a@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

    >>
    >> Nick;699869 Wrote:

    >>> Hey there,
    >>>
    >>> Ever since I've had vista, CTRL+C routinely fails, and I'm not just
    >>> imagining this. I don't get it happen once in XP, but in Vista it
    >>> happens
    >>> several times a day and is extremely frustrating. The only solution, do
    >>> it
    >>> again...
    >>>
    >>> "Do it twice incase it didn't work the first time"
    >>>
    >>> Any idea what could cause this? Apart from Vista being a steaming pile
    >>> of **** of course...
    >>>
    >>> Nick.
    >>
    >>
    >> I have the problem (since using Vista) that if any of the keys "Q",
    >> "W", "E", "R", "T" or "Y" are pressed too quickly in succession, then
    >> the system only registers one key press. I could easily have blamed
    >> Vista, but the problem was eventually traced down to a bad membrane
    >> connection in the keyboard.
    >>
    >> Soaybe your keyboard itself is on the fritz, and it's just "luck of the
    >> draw" that the problems started showing up shortly after installing
    >> Vista. If possible, try plugging in a different keyboard, and se if that
    >> helps. If you are using a USB keyboard, then perhaps adjusting the speed
    >> settings of your USB ports in the BIOS could also help.
    >>
    >>
    >> --
    >> Dzomlija
    >>
    >> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
    >> -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
    >> you die, so shall I be Reborn...-
    >>
    >> _*Prometheus*_
    >> MOBO: ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP
    >> CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
    >> RAM: 2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
    >> GPU: ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO, 256MB
    >> BOX: Thermaltake Tai-Chi Water Cooled
    >> OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64
    >> '' (http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=333562)'[image:
    >> http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png]'
    >> (http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png)
    >
    >

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  7. #7


    HeyBub Guest

    Re: CTRL+C

    Nick wrote:

    > Hi there,
    >
    > Unfortunately not as this is happening on 2 separate systems. I
    > appreciate what you are saying though of course, but nope, I would
    > have thought of that already.
    >
    But on 65 million other Vista systems the problem does not appear.

    Maybe your computer just doesn't like you?



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  8. #8


    Nick Guest

    Re: CTRL+C

    A few people I know have also experienced this behaviour with Vista, CTRL+C
    doesn't always work.

    "Joseph Meehan" <sligoNoSPAMjoe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:u3lCNc7qIHA.5940@xxxxxx

    > I wonder if some TSR might be stealing it?
    >
    > "Nick" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:OsjeLn6qIHA.420@xxxxxx

    >> Hey there,
    >>
    >> Ever since I've had vista, CTRL+C routinely fails, and I'm not just
    >> imagining this. I don't get it happen once in XP, but in Vista it
    >> happens several times a day and is extremely frustrating. The only
    >> solution, do it again...
    >>
    >> "Do it twice incase it didn't work the first time"
    >>
    >> Any idea what could cause this? Apart from Vista being a steaming
    >> pile of **** of course...
    >>
    >> Nick.
    >>
    >
    >
    > --
    > Joseph Meehan
    >
    > Dia 's Muire duit
    >
    >
    >


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  9. #9


    Colin Barnhorst Guest

    Re: CTRL+C

    Doing what? In what program?

    "Nick" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:eHaFFbuyIHA.5820@xxxxxx

    >A few people I know have also experienced this behaviour with Vista, CTRL+C
    >doesn't always work.
    >
    > "Joseph Meehan" <sligoNoSPAMjoe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:u3lCNc7qIHA.5940@xxxxxx

    >> I wonder if some TSR might be stealing it?
    >>
    >> "Nick" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    >> news:OsjeLn6qIHA.420@xxxxxx

    >>> Hey there,
    >>>
    >>> Ever since I've had vista, CTRL+C routinely fails, and I'm not just
    >>> imagining this. I don't get it happen once in XP, but in Vista it
    >>> happens several times a day and is extremely frustrating. The only
    >>> solution, do it again...
    >>>
    >>> "Do it twice incase it didn't work the first time"
    >>>
    >>> Any idea what could cause this? Apart from Vista being a steaming
    >>> pile of **** of course...
    >>>
    >>> Nick.
    >>>
    >>
    >>
    >> --
    >> Joseph Meehan
    >>
    >> Dia 's Muire duit
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >
    >

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