quick AutoCAD/Windows performance poll

Has anyone experienced this problem within the past few weeks:

Inability to COPYCLIP simultaneous with inability to WBLOCK; Commands do
execute without error but clipboard remains empty or dwg file is not
actually created; Problem seems to occur on networked workstations;
Restarting AutoCAD may temporarily fix the problem.

?

I remember this happening years ago but cannot recall the source of the
problem. For the problem to have reoccurred on two workstations of entirely
separate clients' at the same time seems too coincidental so here I want to
quickly posit the idea of a virus in the OS before I delve further.

 

I Doubt it's a Windows problem if you can save your drawing. AutoCAD
disallows some things when system memory is compromised, like not displaying
certain fonts, or colors. Perhaps OLE and WBLOCK functions are also
affected.

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I noticed something similar, in that I had a library of blocks, and all of a
sudden I couldn't insert the block via Design Center, Cut and Paste, or drag
n drop. Really wierd. I would refedit the block, and discover that the
wipeouts in the block had 'turned into' a block reference, and ALL wipeouts
seemed to be one big block. Select a wipeout when refediting the block, and
all the other blocks in the drawing would highlight. I would monkey around
to delete the "block" and create a new Wipeout, and everything would be
fine. Until my next session, when it broke again. The problem ended up being
that Demand Loading of ARXs was set to Command Invoke, not Object Detect &
Command Invoke. And all wipeouts degrade to a single phantasmal block when
the Wipeout ARX is available. When I did the Wipeout command the ARX loaded
and I was good, until my next session. Lost a lot of sleep before I figured
that one out. And kicked myself once I did. Still don't know how Demand
Loading got changed.

Anyway, take a look and see if that sheds any light at all on your problem.

best,
Gordon