The handle is invalid

:brokenheart; When I try to copy code or text from within Dreamweaver CS3 on
Windows XP SP2, I get the error msg, "The handle is invalid". It doesn't matter
whether I use menus or the keyboard. Yet I can paste text from other
applications e.g. MS Word into DW.

Also, I have some other anomalies:

I cannot Preview in Browser from DW, as I get an error "Access is denied"
I cannot access Help, I get an error that the Help system cannot be found as
the Help folder is missing (although I did a standard CS3 install and also
uninstalled and reinstalled DW in Safe Mode, when these problems started).

Finally, I cannot Print as it assumes that no printer is installed and gives
me the option to install one. When I click on that, it tells me it cannot
install a printer as the "print spooler service is not running" - Not true and
several printers are installed.

I have DW running on a Dell D610 laptop with 1 GB of memory. I tried
installing it on another system and it seems to work fine.

Obviously something is wrong with my configuration, but how can I fix it
without losing any of my client work?

Thanks for any help offered.

Rick Mili

I am having this exact same issue with Copy and Paste on a Toshiba L355. Anyone?