| mckeonj
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| 917672. Mon Jun 18, 2012 8:41 am |
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Been there, done that.
New computer? |
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| Efros
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| 917690. Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:49 am |
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| Wipe & reinstall, presuming you have your docs etc on another drive somewhere. |
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| aTao
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| 917757. Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:51 pm |
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| Posital wrote: | After a bit of dodgy research:
It appears the the clipboard is a service (that is installed as part of your keyboard driver?).
C:\WINDOWS\system32\clipsrv.exe
| Quote: | | I uninstalled java. Don't know if I will be missing anything now but the paste does now work |
So I guess Java possibly overrides this and tries to use its own clipboard...
Computers, who'd 'ave 'em...? |
<rant> Its not f*ing Java, if it has anything to do with Java its Micro$oft f*king it up and fingering Java in the mean time. Java will use the system clipboard, not make up its own partially functional one. Uninstalling Java wouldnt fix it.
</rant>
If you uninstall Java you will be missing out on a whole bunch of wonderful goodies, but thats easily fixed. |
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| Efros
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| 917763. Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:56 pm |
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| Nobody's talking about uninstalling java, merely it seems that on some PCs java seems to terminate the clipboard process. Wipe and reinstall was a reference to the whole HD and Windows 7. |
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| mckeonj
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| 917774. Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:35 pm |
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erm, this whole fiasco was the result of wiping the whole hard disk, and reinstalling Windows 7!
Most of the pre-existing programs and files were restored from 'windows.old', because my external hard drive with full back-ups had expired, was dead, AFU.
I am calm, c a l m, c a l m. |
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| Efros
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| 917783. Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:13 pm |
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| Sorry don't get that, windows.old means that you installed over an old installation. |
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| mckeonj
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| 917813. Mon Jun 18, 2012 4:25 pm |
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| Efros wrote: | | Sorry don't get that, windows.old means that you installed over an old installation. |
Yes, indeed. Otherwise I would have lost everything. |
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| Efros
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| 917814. Mon Jun 18, 2012 4:28 pm |
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| So you didn't wipe the hard disk then. I'm suggesting you get your documents off the HD and the format the HD and then reinstall windows on a completely clean HD.. |
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| mckeonj
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| 920419. Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:49 pm |
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The mystery has been solved; I can now copy and paste with the best.
It was an otherwise saintly and much loved utility wot done it; IOBIT Advanced System Care PRO: Smart RAM utility.
One of the settings is 'Clean Clipboard' which it does at intervals with religious fervour unless the box is unchecked.
This is not meant to advertise the product; just passing on useful information. |
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| PDR
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| 920431. Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:17 pm |
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Yeah - java is such a wonderful, reliable and robust technology that it only needs to be patched about every three days...
Get real!
PDR |
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| Efros
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| 920432. Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:22 pm |
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| Yup only just ahead of Flash in that regard. |
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| aTao
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| 920461. Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:30 pm |
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| PDR wrote: | Yeah - java is such a wonderful, reliable and robust technology that it only needs to be patched about every three days...
Get real!
PDR |
Really?, Ohh, you must be referring to Microsoft's implementation. |
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| Posital
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| 920471. Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:32 am |
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It's adobe AIR that gets me.
I suspect PDR is mistaken. |
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| PDR
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| 920479. Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:51 am |
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I've been monitoring it as part of some research I'm doing on the reliability/maintainability characteristics of COTS software for my dissertation. On a typical domestic PC the mean time between Java updates is 2.7 days - roughly three times the arising rate for the operating system itself.
PDR |
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| aTao
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| 920599. Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:36 pm |
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| PDR wrote: | I've been monitoring it as part of some research I'm doing on the reliability/maintainability characteristics of COTS software for my dissertation. On a typical domestic PC the mean time between Java updates is 2.7 days - roughly three times the arising rate for the operating system itself.
PDR |
Still confused here.. you seem to be getting far more updates than Sun (Oracle) are releasing....
Java SE 6 first update page info indicates the page was written on 16th July 2010.
Java SE 6 update 33 page written 19th June 2012
33 updates in 2 years is a bit less than every 2.7 days.
Or is the key phrase "typical domestic PC"? running Microsoft's dodgy version of Java (for which they have been repeatedly hauled across the mat)
And dont confuse other 3rd party software failing to implement a suitable sandbox with a Java security issue. I believe that the last alert was Java being run with excessive privileges when invoked from javascript on a web page, purely the fault of the browser, not Java. |
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