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Disable Copy/Paste

Hello Folks,
Does anybody know how to Disable Windows 7 from copy/paste  or keeping it from doing so? or eliminating the clipboard ?
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You cannot disable copy paste

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/26eb7085-817b-480a-bc16-e12ea07cb924/want-to-disable-copy-paste-option-for-the-user-via-gpo?forum=winserverGP

Why? To do so would render the machine useless.

Clipboard is internal and it cannot be eliminated.

What is your need?
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Also yes, Citrix can have this disabled by policies and I think RDSH too. However it relies on all your sensitive apps being Citrix-hosted and I would struggle to justify the cost of a Citrix solution for this alone
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thanks for you quick response guys but i forgot to mention no citrix, no vmware, nor remote are involve with this project all computers are local with local users
Thanks for the update. So NO, you cannot disable copy paste, and clipboard on a local machine.
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why would you want to disable the clipboard? otherwise you need third party tools. I have read about autohotkey which replaced the clipboard with a textbl stating the clipboard was disabled.
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Further, if you disable Copy / Paste, Word, Excel and Power Point will be very awkward to use. You will not be able to move files around.

To ask again: What are you trying to accomplish.
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thanks for the replies fellas