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Windows 7 Cannot change mouse pointer
Hello all, I've searched here and in Google, but I can't find a satisfactory answer. I open the mouse section in Control Panel, choose the Pointer tab and set it to the pen. Well, applying it or OKing it doesn't work; nothing takes. I try browsing to the pen curser, but it still doesn't take...- Starkman
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- control panel cursor desktop mouse settings troubleshooting user interface windows home
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Windows 7 Cursor focusing changing randomly
With my windows 7 laptop, I have a weird problem where the cursor focus changes randomly. This is not very often but still i would experience it now and then. If I miss focusing on the screen, I would see i have made a mess of what I have already written. I normally start typing only when the...- Jagadeesh P B
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- browser cursor focus issues laptop login random suggestions typing windows 7
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Windows 7 Cursor Jumping While Typing on Dell 1525: Hardware or Software Issue?
Dell 1525, win 7, Microsoft wireless mouse. (and built in mouse pad) When I'm typing,suddenly and unwantingly the cursor placement goes somewhere else. (Like now! It just went back to after the 'e' on suddenly). I cannot type a complete sentence without the cursor going somewhere else. Is this...- mswrites
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- cursor dell hardware issues microsoft mouse tech support touchpad typing windows 7 wireless mouse
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 disable my mouse
I have a Dell1525 laptop running win7. I have a microsoft wireless mouse. I want to disable my laptop mouse pad because as I'm typing and my hand passes over the pad the cursor goes to an unwanted position. Could it be something else? Any suggestions? ms- mswrites
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- cursor dell disable input devices laptop mouse touchpad typing windows 7 wireless
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 windows 8.1 not waking up from sleep
Since upgrading from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 the computer is not always waking up from sleep and hangs The only solution I have found is to turn off the power and reboot The wait cursor shows and the computer will not respond to any keys such as Ctrl Alt Delete or the Windows Key Any...- David Mills
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- cursor keyboard issues reboot sleep mode system hang troubleshooting upgrade waking windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Troubleshooting Cursor Jumping Issues on Dell XPS 15 Z During Browser Use
Regularly I find my cursor jumping around the screen though I am not moving it with the touchpad. If I wait three or four seconds it stops jumping. Then I can move it with precise control, until another episode sets in. I've never figure out how to systematically cause this phenomenon. I am...- docweathers
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- access control cpu cursor dell firefox hardware jumping lag performance ram system tech support touchpad troubleshooting window windows xps
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 CoProcessor and Problem installing the latest 331 nVidia Update
As you can see on the sreenshot, that is my problem. I downloaded the latest nVidia driver but when I install it, I only got that black screen+cursor on the screen. I have to manualy restart the computer and see the driver is not still installed and also I have this driver that is called...- jantdroid
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- black screen coprocessor cursor drivers error graphics installation nvidia restart update
- Replies: 30
- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 W7 unstable- cursor changing mode, screen freezing
W7 64 bit ... all updates In last couple of days PC has become unreliable ... after it's been running a while screen freezes, cursor locked ... ctl+alt+del will not work. When this happens found I can recover ... but often only for 1 or 2 mins ... by simply plugging something into USB port ...- sargan
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- control corruption cursor drivers error 0xc0000022 keyboard lock mouse performance recovery repair screen freeze sfc software system restore troubleshooting unstable update usb windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Open apps lose after short time.
I have w.8.1 but I am unable to type letters as Windows live loses focus after about five key strokes. Every open app loses focus after as short time, only way to get the focus back is to click the mouse in the app. The cursor disappears and I cant type until I click on the mouse to regain the...- ajsbonneville
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- app cursor focus foreground lock input issues troubleshooting typing user experience windows 8.1 windows live
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 True Image 2013
When TI is running a backup operation, my system becomes somewhat unresponsive, especially the mouse/cursor operation. I suppose that wouldn't be so bad, if it were scheduled to only run when I was not using the computer, but with my erratic schedule, that isn't possible. I think that I...- seekermeister
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- 2013 version backup cursor idle system performance task scheduler true image unresponsive user experience windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 8 Windows 8 pc is hanging often
My windows 8 pc is hanging so often for last 2 months. Previously, it worked without any problem for some 6-7 months. Now it hangs just like that. While I am working, mouse cursor stops responding, keyboard keys stop appearing on screen, the power led on cpu cabinet remains red without blinking...- vsrawat
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- automatic repair computer issues cpu temperature cursor diagnostics dual core error dump hanging hardware hdd performance ram reinstall repair repair shop smps system freeze system restore troubleshooting windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 8 Scrolling the Ribbon
Just was wondering if people realise that if you set the cursor on the Ribbon in a File Explorer window and use the scroll wheel one can cycle through the Ribbon tabs. This, of course, holds true in Windows 8.1, as well. Cheers, Drew .1 Above note written in Windows 8.1- Drew
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- cursor file explorer interface ribbon scrolling tabs user tips windows windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Tutorials
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Windows 7 System Interrupts And DPCs
I've tracked a problem that only began since a recent clean install of the OS, in which the mouse cursor intermittently becomes erratic. When this does happen, the CPU becomes abnormally active, with spikes to about 30%, with the last 3 cores out of 6 going as high as 75-80%. The Performance...- seekermeister
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- activity spikes clean install cpu performance cursor dpc hardware issues logitech performance monitoring system interrupts usb
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 AND WIQoeNDOWS 7 HAVING VERY WEIRD THINGS GOING ON
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- boot issues cursor display issues forum issues home page laptop issues mouse movement network issues proxy random disconnects reset tech support troubleshooting typing errors typing speed user error visual artifacts windows 7 windows user experience
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Screen auto-scrolls up on my Acer Aspire 5742G notebook
I have been using my Acer Aspire 5742G notebook for over 2 years now. Recently, I noticed a peculiar and very irritating issue. Rather two of them. First, the screen auto-scrolls abruptly and randomly (in no particular program, be it MS-Word / Excel or any browser). Also, when I type anything...- rameshiyer
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- acer aspire bios cursor drivers help intermittent irritating keyboard notebook recovery scrolling service center support technical issues touchpad typing user interface windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows doesnt start, loader keeps rebooting
Eee PC 1025c Windows 7 starter + Ubuntu 10.04 Yesterday the notebook was working properly. I turned it off the way it's written in the books and everything seemed OK. But this morning when I tried to power it up, the Asus logo appeared, then Atheros boot agent, Asus logo again, and finally...- intrelis
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- asus atheros black screen boot cursor disk space eee pc error failed mount failure hdd live usb motherboard notebook reboot startup system issues troubleshooting ubuntu windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Black screen when trying to recover laptop
Hey all, I'm quite new to this forum but I hope you guys can help me out.. I am trying to recover my HP pavilion g6 i5 by using HP Recovery Management and trying to get my windows to factory settings (this guide: Link Removed) When i click at the option "Windows recovery environment" ->...- Huuuge
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- black screen boot issues cursor factory settings hardware issues hp pavilion hp support pc recovery recovery system restore tech help troubleshooting windows 10 windows recovery
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 File Explorer Detail Comments won't display for more than 5 seconds
When I right-click on a JPG file then select Properties/Details and hover the cursor over the right half of the Comments row the expanded comments won't display for longer than 5 seconds. I've already tried increasing the Control Panel/Ease of Access Center/Make it easier to focus on...- Hwedhlor
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- comments configuration cursor details display duration ease of access file explorer hover duration image files notifications properties registry task management troubleshooting user experience user interface user preferences windows 10 windows issues windows settings
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Constant Freezes, BlueScreens, and Crashes. (File Attached)
My computer tends to crash, and freeze after being on for more than an hour a day. I ran Memory, Tests, Checked Wires, and Ran A Hard drive check and a sector and everything turned out normal. Also all of my drivers are up to date as well as my BIOS. -MY Q6600 is running on Stock settings...- ViperGXP
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- asus p5q bios blue screen computer issues crash cursor diagnostics drivers error codes freezes gtx 460 hard drive memory power supply q6600 service pack thermal management troubleshooting web browsing windows 7
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Keyboard and mouse functioning irregularly
I'm using a 3-year old Windows 7 HP Laptop, and until recently, I've never had any problems. As of today, my keyboard is no longer functioning properly. The keys will randomly keep disconnecting, the cursor jumps to different search bars, etc. Of course, even when some of the keys do choose to...- Austen6485
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- application connectivity cursor drivers files folders input irregular keyboard laptop layout mouse performance system restore troubleshooting update virus windows 7
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Help and Support