Clipboard?

[BIG RED]

When I'm over on another forum (sshhhhh) and I go to hit post, a pop up displays Do you want this webpage to access your Clipboard? Two things under

Grant Access..........Don't Grant Access

Now, this gets aggravating to constantly keep popping up.

1) Can I get rid of it? There is no other info on the pop-up (like click here if you don't want to see this no more)

2) Is this something only the Admin can deal with?

3) What is this clipboard it is stating? And if I grant access, what exactly do the see?

anyone? thx

[JustRalph]

Ever hit the "cut" or "copy" command to cut and paste ? The clip board is a invisible virtual area of memory that keeps the data that you "cut" or "copy" so you can then "paste" it to another document. It is just a part of memory. But it changed the way we do things in documents forever.

I found this on the subject.............

In you’re using Internet Explorer 7, there are several enhanced and tighten security features that have been incorporated into IE7. One of them been restricted Clipboard data access by websites and web pages. In Internet Explorer 7, both IE 7 installed on Windows XP or IE7 that comes together with Windows Vista, the behaviour occurs when you visit a website or webpage that tries to access the information stored in Clipboard’s memory, as Clipboard’s memory stored data can be sensitive and private. For security purpose, IE7 will pop-up a warning alert message as below:


Do you want to allow this webpage to access your Clipboard?

If you allow this, the webpage can access the Clipboard and read information that you’ve cut or copied recently.

You will then need to press or click “Don’t Allow” or “Allow” button to get pass the popup message.

This security feature can be disabled. To disable the pop up warning message about possible harmful or unauthorized Clipboard access, follow the steps below:

Go to Tools -> Internet Options.
Go to Security tab.
Select “Internet” zone, then click on “Custom level…” button.
Scroll down to “Scripting” section (at the bottom few).
Under “Allow Programmatic clipboard access” option, check or select (tick) Enable. Default action for this option is Prompt, which cause the pop-up message whenever there is any attempt to access the Clipboard.
Click Ok twice to exit from Internet Options.
Changing the preference to Enable for “Allow Programmatic clipboard access” option can increase security risk. You can set it to Disable to disallow all website’s access to Clipboard’s resident data. However, the better and more secure alternative is to edit the “Allow Programmatic clipboard access” setting for “Trusted sites” zone (steps same as above, only that you select “Trusted sites” in step 3 instead of “Internet”), and add the websites that you trusted and selected into Trusted sites zone.

[BIG RED]

Great reply Ralph. I have the new IE7.This clipboard can be a spy to others then. I have hit the ok button, but not worried. I rarely cut and paste, and it would be info out there anyway, nothing personal.

Thanks a lot Ralph. Is it OK if I cut and paste this on that board?

[Murph]

Great reply Ralph. I have the new IE7.This clipboard can be a spy to others then. I have hit the ok button, but not worried. I rarely cut and paste, and it would be info out there anyway, nothing personal.

Thanks a lot Ralph. Is it OK if I cut and paste this on that board?Ditto for me, thank you. - Murph

[JustRalph]

Thanks a lot Ralph. Is it OK if I cut and paste this on that board?

sure........... you are welcome