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Brian

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Jan 2, 2003, 5:41:28 AM1/2/03
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After a period of inactivity my mouse pointer
disappears. I can still move it around and see it
highlight over various icons, but the pointer is gone.
When I reboot it comes back, but than again after
inactivity it disappears again.

Any ideas?

Chris Neary

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Jan 2, 2003, 12:34:08 PM1/2/03
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AFAIK the mouse pointer is a hardware sprite, if so it's part of the
graphics card you are using. Try updating the graphics card driver.

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Alex Nichol

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Jan 3, 2003, 9:26:03 AM1/3/03
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Chris Neary wrote:

>AFAIK the mouse pointer is a hardware sprite, if so it's part of the
>graphics card you are using. Try updating the graphics card driver.

Not in modern versions of windows - you can set any 'cur' file as the
pointer to use.

Such problems are often a result of the mouse driver and the video
driver arguing over which controls the pointer. It is easy to check on
- Control Panel - Display - Settings, Click Advanced, and on the
Troubleshoot page reduce the acceleration slider one notch or two. If
one does it, there is negligible loss of performance: if two are needed
look for updated video drivers from the maker's site.

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Alex Nichol MVP (Windows - File Systems)
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