IE 7 asks if I want webpages to access my CLIPBOARD. What's this about?



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Just for the record, I know what a clipboard is. :) What I do NOT know, is what the following window means, which I often get when I take online surveys (from reputable market research sites, BTW, not fly-by-night ones)...

"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."

My questions:

1. Can the webpages read my IE 7 clipboard only, or the clipboard of ANY program on my computer, such as Microsoft Word?

2. Can the webpages read only the last thing I cut or copied, or go back and read a whole SERIES of things I cut or copied?

3. WHY would a site giving me a survey about, say, a new concept for frozen waffles or sanitary pads, want to see the random mess of things on my clipboard? i.e. What's interesting about following the URL to a page with a friend's squirrel photos, or in reading a letter I wrote to thank my cousin for hosting a family party?

IE 7 asks if I want webpages to access my CLIPBOARD. What's this about?microsoft outlook

Hi Shari516 :)

1) Open the "Tools" menu

2) Click "Internet Options"

3) Go to the "Security" tab, make sure "Internet" is selected and click the "Custom Level" box.



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