I'm having a myriad of software issues with my brand new xps 12 (many reported...around the touchpad and touchscreen becoming non-responsive), but one I haven't seen as publicized is around copy and paste...
i'm finding that over 80% of the time when i highlight something (say an email address on a website) and hit ctrl+c, then move to another application and hit ctrl +v, it doesn't paste. i have to do it a few times for copy and paste to work.
would this be a driver or windows 8 issue? this happens with both the keyboard on the machine as well as when I use an external keyboard.
It would be annoying when the cut and paste option does not work properly. I suggest you to check if this issue occurs in Notepad. You will need to uninstall the keyboard from the Device Manager. Restart the computer and check if it fixes the issue.
Please let me know about your findings and the name of the e-mail service provider (E.g. Comcast).
Thank you for your reply and for providing an update on the status. I suggest you to update the security software installed on the computer and run a complete system scan to check if is infected. You can also uninstall and reinstall Microsoft Office and check it is fixes the issue.
He never even said he was seeing problems with Office???
I was seeing this before I had virus software installed and these are also brand spanking new laptops. If they have viruses on them causing this, they are coming from Dell with viruses on them.
Just grab an XPS 12 and start playing with cutting and pasting and you'll see it sooner rather than later...
Not sure what you mean by security software? I've had this problem out of the box. I haven't installed any third party security software.
As Typhon62 mentions, this isn't limited to Office...it is across all applications.
I'm kind of fed up with all the problems I'm having...a lot of small ones, but they make using this system counterproductive. Want to like it as the form factor and physical build are great, but the software and drivers are a mess.
If there is a solution that will work, I would appreciate it... but please test it at Dell...don't want to spend hours trying a bunch of random steps.
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Posted January 3rd, 2013 04:00
I uninstalled the keyboard and restarted - still have the issue!
Notepad seems to work well, but I only tried it twice.
I use Outlook mostly for email. It also happens with Gmail though - or attempting to copy and paste in Word from the internet.
Can you recommend anything else?