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by m.graft

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Lately I have noticed I'm not able to use the keys combination CTRL+V and CTRL+F under Windows XP, and to be frank I don't really understand what really causes this problem. Are there any tricks which I can use to activate this option again without having to reinstall the OS? Thanks, Manuel Graft

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by thechas

This is the second posting that I have noticed for this problem.

I suspect in one of Microsoft's updates, that they broke these keyboard combinations.

The easiest answer, is to map the 2 keyboard combinations.

That said, I have not found the specific instructions for how to do this in XP.

Chas

by m.graft

Hello and thank you for the effort but, I discovered that the update wasn't the problem even when it seemed so. reinstalled my system again just to find out what really caused this conflict and preformed the Windows Update this time; one after the other and not several at the same time, the results was positive and the keys combinations works just fine. I'm wondering if this was related to one of the Driver update for the hard ware on my system. I'll check that further and will update you about it. If I may ask you again, what do you mean when you mentioned "map the 2 keyboard combinations"? I'll be glad if you could explain that to me.

Greetings,

Manuel

by thechas

Hi,

Sorry it took so long to get back to your question.

There are tools and utilities out there that allow you to change the behavior of your keyboard.
When you change the action of the keyboard, you are "re-mapping" the keyboard.

I can't lay my hands on the instuctions right this moment.

Another possible cause is that one of the old updates changed your default keyboard layout to one that does not have the same key combinations.

Chas

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