Cut and paste doesn't work

Hi,

Windows 98 SE.

In the last few days cut and paste has stopped working. No software has been installed recently. The PC doesn't have Internet access.

I'm thinking maybe a virus or registry corruption. Are there any other possibilities?

I have to travel to access this PC so want to be armed with lots of things to try the next time I visit.

Thanks in advance.

Anne

annedonnelly

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Since the PC does not have internet, it is unlikely (but not impossible) there is a virus. Have you tried both, using the keyboard to cut and paste, i.e. Control+X to cut and Control+V to paste as well as the icons in the tool bar ? Suggest, first, click start, run and type in regedit. Click on file at top and export the registry to the desktop.
Click on Start, Run and type in scanreg /fix. Note the space between the 'g' and the '/'. Restart the computer after this completes.
Also, if you have access to a computer with internet access, go to
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221512/EN-US/
This site will instruct how to Manually Restore the Windows 98 Registry to a previous setting. Good Luck

FES

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Thanks FES.

We were seeing other problems with this PC so I've done a complete reinstall.

Now I just need to get everything back the way it was before - the user is blind so needs everything labelled and positioned as she expects.

Cheers

Anne