System has XP Home / SP2 with all current updates / AVG AV / Spywareblaster / Defender / Adaware all updated and run regularly.
Problem: M$ Word (Office 2003) will not copy & paste only under certain conditions. This has occurred on a Sony Vaio and a custom built system.
When you try to copy/paste, from an email or any other source, the application (M$ Word)hangs. I’ve had the client uninstall / reinstall & update Office. Also have done a repair of Office, all with the same results. I am able to open Word, create a document, then open a new Word document and copy/paste into it with no problem. I’m also able to open Excel, create some values in cells, and then copy/paste that into a Word doc (both the original and the 2nd opened one).
I installed OpenOffice and that works fine as an alternate (a better one that M$ crap) for the client and she likes it fine. I showed her all the advantages of OO and I hope she'll dump M$
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