That's the setting... it's turned off by default in IE6.
Personally, I like it turned on to Prompt: it prevents web pages from grabbing what's on your clipboard without your permission.
(which is probably why it's defaulting to Prompt now)
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That's the setting... it's turned off by default in IE6.
Personally, I like it turned on to Prompt: it prevents web pages from grabbing what's on your clipboard without your permission.
(which is probably why it's defaulting to Prompt now)