Guest RJK Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 Whilst gazing at my XP Home ed. desktop, looking for an icon, (there's only about 42 icons on my desktop but, at my age - I have to look at them for ages in order to locate the one I want!), I noticed a desktop icon labelled :- Document Scrap '????????????????...' where ???????????????? is my Credit Card No. !!! ....now, I do often copy and paste my CC No. into various places e.g. banking website SSL login page, and a small number of website SSL pages where I buy things. ...and it's copied from a Word document, (MS Office 2000 - Word), ....so considering that I'm as sure as I can be, that my internet security has not been compromised, ...any idea how this appeared on my desktop, and where it came from ? ...my first guess that it was dumped there by Word ....maybe something to do with the temporary files that Word creates every time one opens a Word .doc ....any thoughts muchly appreciated, regards, Richard Quote
Guest RJK Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 .....oh I give up ! ....howd that get posted twice inside my OP ? :-( regards, Richard "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OS73T%23fQJHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > Whilst gazing at my XP Home ed. desktop, looking for an icon, (there's > only about 42 icons on my desktop but, at my age - I have to look at them > for ages in order to locate the one I want!), I noticed a desktop icon > labelled :- > > Document Scrap '????????????????...' > > where ???????????????? is my Credit Card No. !!! > > ...now, I do often copy and paste my CC No. into various places e.g. > banking website SSL login page, and a small number of website SSL pages > where I buy things. ...and it's copied from a Word document, (MS Office > 2000 - Word), > ...so considering that I'm as sure as I can be, that my internet security > has not been compromised, ...any idea how this appeared on my desktop, and > where it came from ? ...my first guess that it was dumped there by Word > ...maybe something to do with the temporary files that Word creates every > time one opens a Word .doc > > ...any thoughts muchly appreciated, > > regards, Richard > > > </span> Quote
Guest John McGaw Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 RJK wrote:<span style="color:blue"> > Whilst gazing at my XP Home ed. desktop, looking for an icon, (there's only > about 42 icons on my desktop but, at my age - I have to look at them for > ages in order to locate the one I want!), I noticed a desktop icon > labelled :- > > Document Scrap '????????????????...' > > where ???????????????? is my Credit Card No. !!! > > ...now, I do often copy and paste my CC No. into various places e.g. banking > website SSL login page, and a small number of website SSL pages where I buy > things. ...and it's copied from a Word document, (MS Office 2000 - Word), > ...so considering that I'm as sure as I can be, that my internet security > has not been compromised, ...any idea how this appeared on my desktop, and > where it came from ? ...my first guess that it was dumped there by Word > ...maybe something to do with the temporary files that Word creates every > time one opens a Word .doc > > ...any thoughts muchly appreciated, > > regards, Richard > > > </span> Google knows that it is there because you put it there. Ask it about "document scrap" and it will probably tell you too. Quote
Guest FromTheRafters Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 Probably an unintentional drag and drop action. "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OS73T%23fQJHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > Whilst gazing at my XP Home ed. desktop, looking for an icon, (there's > only about 42 icons on my desktop but, at my age - I have to look at them > for ages in order to locate the one I want!), I noticed a desktop icon > labelled :- > > Document Scrap '????????????????...' > > where ???????????????? is my Credit Card No. !!! > > ...now, I do often copy and paste my CC No. into various places e.g. > banking website SSL login page, and a small number of website SSL pages > where I buy things. ...and it's copied from a Word document, (MS Office > 2000 - Word), > ...so considering that I'm as sure as I can be, that my internet security > has not been compromised, ...any idea how this appeared on my desktop, and > where it came from ? ...my first guess that it was dumped there by Word > ...maybe something to do with the temporary files that Word creates every > time one opens a Word .doc > > ...any thoughts muchly appreciated, > > regards, Richard > > > </span> Quote
Guest RJK Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 "John McGaw" <nowhere@at.all> wrote in message news:%23ORTuGgQJHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > RJK wrote:<span style="color:green"> >> Whilst gazing at my XP Home ed. desktop, looking for an icon, (there's >> only about 42 icons on my desktop but, at my age - I have to look at >> them for ages in order to locate the one I want!), I noticed a desktop >> icon labelled :- >> >> Document Scrap '????????????????...' >> >> where ???????????????? is my Credit Card No. !!! >> >> ...now, I do often copy and paste my CC No. into various places e.g. >> banking website SSL login page, and a small number of website SSL pages >> where I buy things. ...and it's copied from a Word document, (MS >> Office 2000 - Word), >> ...so considering that I'm as sure as I can be, that my internet security >> has not been compromised, ...any idea how this appeared on my desktop, >> and where it came from ? ...my first guess that it was dumped there by >> Word ...maybe something to do with the temporary files that Word creates >> every time one opens a Word .doc >> >> ...any thoughts muchly appreciated, >> >> regards, Richard >> >> >></span> > > Google knows that it is there because you put it there. Ask it about > "document scrap" and it will probably tell you too.</span> Just Googled it ...<blush> ..oh well, ....one learns something new every day, ....it's remembering it that's the problem ! thnx regards, Richard Quote
Guest RJK Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 "FromTheRafters" <erratic@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message news:u%23u$rJgQJHA.4512@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > Probably an unintentional drag and drop action.</span> ....thanks, and I'm sure you're right, ...I should have though to have Googled it first ! regards, Richard <span style="color:blue"> > > "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:OS73T%23fQJHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:green"> >> Whilst gazing at my XP Home ed. desktop, looking for an icon, (there's >> only about 42 icons on my desktop but, at my age - I have to look at >> them for ages in order to locate the one I want!), I noticed a desktop >> icon labelled :- >> >> Document Scrap '????????????????...' >> >> where ???????????????? is my Credit Card No. !!! >> >> ...now, I do often copy and paste my CC No. into various places e.g. >> banking website SSL login page, and a small number of website SSL pages >> where I buy things. ...and it's copied from a Word document, (MS >> Office 2000 - Word), >> ...so considering that I'm as sure as I can be, that my internet security >> has not been compromised, ...any idea how this appeared on my desktop, >> and where it came from ? ...my first guess that it was dumped there by >> Word ...maybe something to do with the temporary files that Word creates >> every time one opens a Word .doc >> >> ...any thoughts muchly appreciated, >> >> regards, Richard >> >> >></span> > > </span> Quote
Guest Big_Al Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 RJK wrote:<span style="color:blue"> > Whilst gazing at my XP Home ed. desktop, looking for an icon, (there's only > about 42 icons on my desktop but, at my age - I have to look at them for > ages in order to locate the one I want!), I noticed a desktop icon > labelled :- > > Document Scrap '????????????????...' > > where ???????????????? is my Credit Card No. !!! > > ...now, I do often copy and paste my CC No. into various places e.g. banking > website SSL login page, and a small number of website SSL pages where I buy > things. ...and it's copied from a Word document, (MS Office 2000 - Word), > ...so considering that I'm as sure as I can be, that my internet security > has not been compromised, ...any idea how this appeared on my desktop, and > where it came from ? ...my first guess that it was dumped there by Word > ...maybe something to do with the temporary files that Word creates every > time one opens a Word .doc > > ...any thoughts muchly appreciated, > > regards, Richard > > > </span> You know you can make folders on the desktop (right click) and put files into organized folders. Might make it a bit easier to find if that's really an issue. Quote
Guest Twayne Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 > Whilst gazing at my XP Home ed. desktop, looking for an icon,<span style="color:blue"> > (there's only about 42 icons on my desktop but, at my age - I have > to look at them for ages in order to locate the one I want!), I > noticed a desktop icon labelled :- > > Document Scrap '????????????????...' > > where ???????????????? is my Credit Card No. !!! > > ...now, I do often copy and paste my CC No. into various places e.g. > banking website SSL login page, and a small number of website SSL > pages where I buy things. ...and it's copied from a Word document, > (MS Office 2000 - Word), ...so considering that I'm as sure as I can > be, that my internet security has not been compromised, ...any idea > how this appeared on my desktop, and where it came from ? ...my > first guess that it was dumped there by Word ...maybe something to do > with the temporary files that Word creates every time one opens a > Word .doc > ...any thoughts muchly appreciated, > > regards, Richard</span> Document Scrap probably indicates that it was created with WordPad, which comes with XP. If you highlight the text inside a WordPad file and then drag it to the desktop, it'll be placed on the desktop with the "Scrap" title, followed by whatever the first line of the file is, or the filename if it already has a name. If the first (or only) line is your credit card number, I'd just about bet that you tried to drag it to somewhere and accidentally dropped it along the way, creating the Scrap Document on your desktop. If you open it by clicking on the Document Scrap (NOT opening WordPad), and it's a Document Scrap created by WordPad, it'll open and the File menu will not have a Save entry but will have an "Update filename" and a 'Save As' IIRC. Also, if you make a change to it and just close it, without saving or updateing, it will not ask if you want to save it; it just saves the changes and closes. That applies only to files dragged from WordPad to the desktop; NOT to files actually Saved with WordPad. I feel pretty certain I'm right. Am I? HTH Twayne Quote
Guest RJK Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 Thanx for all replies. Almost incredibly, [ perhaps testament to my normal precision and accuracy :-( #!~? ] ...during all my decades on PC's - I've never seen, or inadvertently created a document scrap, and it didn't cross my mind to quickly Google on it - which would have instantly illuminated the subject for me, as mentioned by John McGaw. As suggested by several people, I must have "dropped" a clipboard "copy" onto the desktop. ....again thank you all. regards, Richard "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OS73T%23fQJHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > Whilst gazing at my XP Home ed. desktop, looking for an icon, (there's > only about 42 icons on my desktop but, at my age - I have to look at them > for ages in order to locate the one I want!), I noticed a desktop icon > labelled :- > > Document Scrap '????????????????...' > > where ???????????????? is my Credit Card No. !!! > > ...now, I do often copy and paste my CC No. into various places e.g. > banking website SSL login page, and a small number of website SSL pages > where I buy things. ...and it's copied from a Word document, (MS Office > 2000 - Word), > ...so considering that I'm as sure as I can be, that my internet security > has not been compromised, ...any idea how this appeared on my desktop, and > where it came from ? ...my first guess that it was dumped there by Word > ...maybe something to do with the temporary files that Word creates every > time one opens a Word .doc > > ...any thoughts muchly appreciated, > > regards, Richard > > > </span> Quote
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