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Windows Clipboard pastes print screen instead of selection

This is the oddest thing.

Computer is Windows XP Professional
Office is MS Office 2003
User is doing everything correctly as far as I can see, but occasionally instead of copying and pasting the lines selected, the entire printscreen is pasted.  It is as though he hits the print screen key.  This happens using Control C, control X, or using the mouse and selecting Copy, Paste.  

As a side note, but it started about the same time, when logging into his time clock software,(via IE7)  the system no longer rememers his username and domain as it used to.
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You can look into event viewer - application and see if there are any red cross and those errors are concerned to IE7 or MSoffice.?

Or you can run a virus scan on your PC may be it can help.
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I checked all the basics, there are no errors for either.  I also run scans on the network nightly.  I have never heard of a virus that copied the screen into a document, have you?
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It would have been nicer to have tried answers rather than deltion.  I still am faced with this inexplicable problem.
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Have you tried replacing the user's keyboard?  I know it seems silly but this is a strange one.
Also does he have something loaded like Print Screen Deluxe, Snipping tool or anything similar loaded? There are any various apps that do screen shots instead of text collection. They can "infect" the machine from browsers. Open the "Startup" menu and view the task manager (Start --> Run --> taskmgr) and make sure you can identify all running processes.
>>>  I have never heard of a virus that copied the screen into a document, have you?

Yes.  It used to be quite common.  They eventually "ceded their territory" to keyloggers.  I have not heard of any *recently* but that does not mean they aren't out there.

Follow jimpen's advice with the task manager.  Also, use msconfig and make sure you can justify all of the startup processes and services.  Finally, try using the clipboard viewer for a little on-the-spot debugging.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/tips/nebeker1.mspx
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Does it do it if you just use the mouse btw as mine didn't?  i.e. If you drag select some text in Word or whatever, right click copy (or select Edit | copy from the menu)..... Mine only happened when using Control Insert/Shift Insert or Control C/V etc.
Hmm I see you say it does do it from the mouse only... oh well... might be worth trying a new Windows profile if it only happens for this user, does it do the same for a different user on same machine?  Does it do the same for this user on a different machine (with roaming profile?)
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Sorry guys, I missed this notice, I will try your solutions this week and find out if they work.  Thanks for your help.
Delete -- no refund.
fine with that here