Re: clipbrd.exe on Windows Server

"Rick" <> wrote in message
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> Gentlepeople:
>
> I have a user who would like to send me a screen image of what he
> sees. Sometimes it works; sometimes it doesn't. Neither of us can
> figure out what it is he's doing different the times it doesn't work.
>
> A useful tool would be the clipboard viewer that was available on
> earlier versions of Windows. I checked a Windows XP machine.
> clipbrd.exe is at \Windows\system32. On Windows Server Standard SP1,
> I don't find it anywhere.
>
> Anybody know if I can view the clipboard on Windows Server Standard?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick

I don't know about clipbrd.exe but a simple way around the issue would be
for your user to paste his screenshot into MS Word, then send you the Word
file. Alternatively he could paste it into mspaint.exe, then save the file
in .jpg format which by the way results in an enormous size reduction.

"Rick" <> wrote in message
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On Oct 28, 5:56 am, "Pegasus [MVP]" <n...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> "Rick" <cubs...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:ce03e598-9cff-4d49-85ac-...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Gentlepeople:
>
> > I have a user who would like to send me a screen image of what he
> > sees. Sometimes it works; sometimes it doesn't. Neither of us can
> > figure out what it is he's doing different the times it doesn't work.
>
> > A useful tool would be the clipboard viewer that was available on
> > earlier versions of Windows. I checked a Windows XP machine.
> > clipbrd.exe is at \Windows\system32. On Windows Server Standard SP1,
> > I don't find it anywhere.
>
> > Anybody know if I can view the clipboard on Windows Server Standard?
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Rick
>
> I don't know about clipbrd.exe but a simple way around the issue would be
> for your user to paste his screenshot into MS Word, then send you the Word
> file. Alternatively he could paste it into mspaint.exe, then save the file
> in .jpg format which by the way results in an enormous size reduction.-
> Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hmm. Sometimes when the user pastes into Word, he gets what he just
stored in the clipboard buffer. Sometimes he gets something he stored
a half hour ago. It's not always what he just copied to the clipboard
buffer. It would be useful to see what's in the clipboard buffer.

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If the user pastes old data then it's because he forgot to press PrtSc. It's
as simple as this. Anyway, he can easily run clipbrd.exe on his own machine
to ensure that he's got the right data on the clipboard, then perform the
paste action into Word.

"Rick" <> wrote in message
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On Oct 28, 11:25 am, "Pegasus [MVP]" <n...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> "Rick" <cubs...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:d033ee45-5b4d-4690-ba61-...
> On Oct 28, 5:56 am, "Pegasus [MVP]" <n...@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > "Rick" <cubs...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:ce03e598-9cff-4d49-85ac-...
>
> > > Gentlepeople:
>
> > > I have a user who would like to send me a screen image of what he
> > > sees. Sometimes it works; sometimes it doesn't. Neither of us can
> > > figure out what it is he's doing different the times it doesn't work.
>
> > > A useful tool would be the clipboard viewer that was available on
> > > earlier versions of Windows. I checked a Windows XP machine.
> > > clipbrd.exe is at \Windows\system32. On Windows Server Standard SP1,
> > > I don't find it anywhere.
>
> > > Anybody know if I can view the clipboard on Windows Server Standard?
>
> > > Regards,
>
> > > Rick
>
> > I don't know about clipbrd.exe but a simple way around the issue would
> > be
> > for your user to paste his screenshot into MS Word, then send you the
> > Word
> > file. Alternatively he could paste it into mspaint.exe, then save the
> > file
> > in .jpg format which by the way results in an enormous size reduction.-
> > Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Hmm. Sometimes when the user pastes into Word, he gets what he just
> stored in the clipboard buffer. Sometimes he gets something he stored
> a half hour ago. It's not always what he just copied to the clipboard
> buffer. It would be useful to see what's in the clipboard buffer.
>
> ==============
>
> If the user pastes old data then it's because he forgot to press PrtSc.
> It's
> as simple as this. Anyway, he can easily run clipbrd.exe on his own
> machine
> to ensure that he's got the right data on the clipboard, then perform the
> paste action into Word.

Hmmmm. Hmmmm.

My user tells me that he has pressed PrtSc. I guess I could resort to
the old "my user is lying" trope.

My user is logged into the Windows Server Standard machine. The point
is that clipbrd.exe IS NOT THERE on the Windows Server Standard
machine.

Regards,

Rick

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If your user can show you a repeatable process under which PrtSc fails to
copy the current screen into the clipboard and if you can document the
process then I'd love to test it on my own machines. In the meantime - did
you try running clipbrd.exe on your server when copied from some other
Windows machine?