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Cannot Copy and Paste a Password into a Text Box

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Symptoms

In Internet Explorer 5.5, if you try to copy a password to the clipboard, and then right-click in a text box to paste the password, the password is not pasted into the text box.

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Resolution

To work around this behavior, use AutoComplete for passwords (where applicable) or type the password again.

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Status

This behavior is by design.

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Properties

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This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.

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Keywords: KB257140, kbui, kbprb

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Article Info
Article ID : 257140
Revision : 3
Created on : 1/27/2007
Published on : 1/27/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 241