Of late I have been unable to use "ctrl C/V" to copy and paste stuff which is only really a problem with embed codes. Also I periodically lose all sounds but that is resolved by System Restore.
By process of elimination I have found that I lose sounds exactly when I attempt "Ctrl C"; strange but true, any helpers?
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Everything updated?
AE, yup.
Check that your keyboard is set to the right country. It might have defaulted to some Tibet or some such.
You could try to re install the driver for your sound card. Might be a glitch there.
And revert to 'highlight text, right click, copy' for the copy and pasting.
Ta TFE, it's set to EN.
Throbs, re-installing sounds would be the next step; I've long stopped thinking "how could that possibly affect copy'n'paste" type issues. I recall when new to comps my disc drive stopped working so I took the tower to the computer shop (like you do) whose forensic investigation revealed that I had activated three or more USB ports at the same time. WTF would that affect the disc drive ? Dunno but it does. Solution: don't use three USB ports at the same time.
Oh well, think I'm resigned to reinstalling Windows if the Sounds thing does not work.
Meanwhile I'll be positive and treat the experience as an opportunity to share the world of the Audio Impared community.
banned..
I used to have constant sound / graphics card driver problems with the old Windows 98 and XP and was always in the control panel updating the drivers.
Touch wood Windows 7 hasn't failed yet....
The thingamagig is caught in the whatcamacllit. You can get to it through the whirligiggiethingy.
Well I uninstalled and reinstalled my sounds which now seem fine and at least C & P no longer disables them.
Who knows what disables copy & paste?
Check that you have not installed a piece of software that has keyboard sortcuts in it so that these are overriding the windows defauts. I had this problem when I installed Dragon Dictate and my keyboard defied all attempts to type an 'M'
If that doesn't sort it, try this:
1) Click Start
2) Settings
3) Control Panel
4) Keyboard
5) In the Keyboard Properties window, click Hardware
6) Click Properties
7) Click Driver
8) Try update driver, rollback driver and if these don't work, then uninstall and reinstall from your system disks or by downloading an update from your manufacturers site
Frankly if none of that works you're stuffed!
Thanks Dioclese, as mentioned I have succesfully re-installed my sound card and Throbbers suggestion of reverting to right clicking on text appears to be working, not ideal but it will do.
I've defined the problem more exactly. It had nothing to do with my sound card; whenever I press 'Ctrl' the level on my taskbar Volume icon resets to Zero.
Some laptops come with manufacturers software installed and you might have a "hot keys" application installed. This assigns keys to carry out certain functions.
Have a check for that.
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