I am running VMWare Server 1.0.4 build-56528 on a Windows Vista host. I have a Windows XP guest machine configured.
I have noticed inconsistancies when copying and pasting text between applications within the guest - NOT between the host and guest.
Occasionally old clipboard data appears. Eg: I can open two Notepad apps. I can copy and paste text in the first one, and it behaves as I would expect. If I then move to the second Notepad and perform a paste, occasionally old clipboard data appears instead of the expected data from Notepad 1. If I move back to Notepad 1 and perform a paste under these conditions, the old data is still in the clipboard.
I have a suspicion that the clipboards between the host and the guest get out of sync, but I do not understand how clipboard operations are handled. I have tried fiddling with the "Enable copy and paste to and from virtual machine" under the Edit --> Preferences menu, but this does not alter the behaviour.
I have had a look at the Help documentation, but this has not thrown any light on this behaviour.
Can anyone explain how clipboard operations are handled? Is it possible that the host and guest clipboards are out of sync? Does the guest machine ever retrieve data from the host's clipboard?