I've read all of the theories above

I am not going to annoy you..

This could be a problem related to interrupt conflict.

1.) Try using the on-screen keyboard for CTRL+C and then CTRL+V

if that works .. CTRL+C is not disabled congratulations...

2.) Go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Information
check for Conflicts under Hardware resources
you can also look for if the keyboard hardware is properly recognized and what drivers are loaded for it in the next few drop downs.

Do this and reply back with your findings

I hope its not a hardware conflict.

btw.. what type of keyboard is it ? USB or PS2
and where did you test CTRL+C ? notepad or Wordpad ??

If my keyboard uses USB, what is your answer...? and If my keyboard uses PS2 interface, what's your answer...?

Oh... BTW, where you got this tips...?

Well mostly this problem is with the PS2 interface and not the USB types....

I was thinking that may be you have a pin broken in your PS2 connector interface but then I thought that may be the USB is not actually supplying enough power to the keyboard.. So just wanted to know..

Try putting the PS2 connector to a different port ( i guess there are two in most of the motherboards)

or if its the USB type, try putting something else on the port its using and see if that works properly..

and do reply with the findings

besides CTRL + C problem .. is there anything else that you noticed ?



Don't know if this would help.. but you can still try..

http://www.passmark.com/products/keytest.htm

I have tried it myself and it logs all the keys that are pressed .. just try it and see if it helps . I hope it helps



btw.. you didn't write where you tried your CTRL + C ?? wordpad/notepad ? or MS Word ?

This post has been edited by bluedragon: Apr 26 2008, 08:09 PM

Ctrl C solution
Ctrl + C Will Not Work

Replying to Trap FeedBacker

I just ran into this problem this morning on my recently bought XPS 1530 with Vista Ultimate installed. If you have system restore set up on your machine, simply use it and go back to a date that you know it worked. Problem worked for me like a charm!