Ramesh,

I am able to fix the problem.Thanks a lot! Strangely this problem
occured due to outlook.exe.

-sKumar

Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:
> Hassan,
>
> This has to do with some application that's having a lock over the Windows
> Clipboard. David Candy's application should determine the Process that's
> causing the problem.
>
> Download GetOpenClipboardWindow.zip from here:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/temp/GetOp...oardWindow.zip
>
> Unzip and run the tool. Post back what it reports. For best results, run
> this utility during the time you encounter the Copy<=>Paste problem.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
>
> Windows XP Troubleshooting
> http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Hassan" <hassan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23FjaHf5$FHA.2652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Of late, my copy and paste functionality doesnt seem to work. I try to
> > reboot and then it works for a while only to stop working all of a sudden.
> >
> > Does anyone know why ? Cant seem to remember installing anything that may
> > cause this.
> >
> >
> >