Fast pasting refers to the mouse movements needed to paste (as it interferes with programs that use a mouse). Dos programs are emulated in NT.

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"Peabody" <waybackKILLSPAM44@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:r94ff.16763$sg5.243@dukeread12...
>I use an old DOS editor for reformatting quoted text, and when I
> paste the input into the application, it's glacially slow, even with
> Fast Pasting checked in the shortcut properties. In 98, this was
> almost instantaneous, so it's not a problem with the application,
> but rather something about the way XP handles this.
>
> Is there a way to speed this up in XP? I assume the paste operation
> works by stuffing characters into the keyboard buffer, but I'm not
> sure about that. Anyway, are there registry entries or other
> settings that control pasting speed? Or maybe a way to assign more
> time slices to the CMD window?
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