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In Windows XP, is there a way to make the contents of the clipboard visible or
available over a network?
A.
You need to first make sure that the
ClipBook service is started. To do this,
click on the
Start menu and select the "Run..." option. Type "services.msc" and
hit Enter. In the list of services that pops up, double-click on the ClipBook
service. If the "Startup type:" is set to "Disabled", then set it to "Manual"
and click on the "Apply" button. If the "Service status" is shown as "Stopped",
click on the "Start" button. If the service does not start, you will need to go
through the same steps for first the "Network DDE DSDM" service and then the
"Network DDE" service, then go back to the "ClipBook" service.
Once these services are started, you can access that computer's clipboard from
any
Windows computer by clicking on the Start menu and selecting the "Run..."
option, again. This time, type "clipbrd" and hit Enter.
This will bring up the ClipBook Viewer. By default, you will be looking at the
contents of the local machine's clipboard. If you want to look at the clipboard
of another machine that has the three previously mentioned services running,
then you will need to select the "Connect..." option from the File menu. Then
type in the name of the computer to which you would like to connect.
Let me know if you need anything else.
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