mouse cursor

  1. Fix Missing Mouse Cursor in Windows 11: Ultimate Troubleshooting Guide

    Imagine this: you're in the middle of crafting an important document or utterly destroying your enemies in your favorite game when, suddenly—poof! Your mouse cursor decides to go AWOL. If you're on Windows 11, this ghosting act could come down to a cacophony of culprits, from misbehaving drivers...
  2. Fix Mouse Cursor Lock Issues in Windows 10 & 11 Games

    If you're an avid gamer and find your mouse cursor refusing to lock onto the game screen, you know just how frustrating it can be. This problem is particularly prevalent among Windows 11 and Windows 10 users, where the cursor may roam free when it should remain anchored in the game. Fortunately...
  3. Troubleshooting Missing Mouse Cursor in Windows 11: Simple Fixes

    Is your mouse suddenly playing hide-and-seek in Windows 11? If your cursor has vanished into the void, you're not alone. This frustrating experience can happen to anyone, and it can disrupt your workflow faster than a toddler snatching up the TV remote. Luckily, I've got your back. Let’s dive...
  4. Windows 11 24H2 Update: Mouse Cursor and File Explorer Bugs Explained

    Ah, Windows 11—a sleek, modern operating system that promises to redefine your computing experience. But like any intricate machine, it occasionally stumbles upon a few unexpected hiccups. If you've recently upgraded to the Windows 11 24H2 update, you might find yourself grappling with some...
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    2 displays problems

    Win10 64 Bit aon an Asrock H470 Mini-PC. Regular display is connected via HDMI cable. Works fine alone. Sometimes I want to use a second display simultaneously. It is an older VGA monitor (1280x1024 resolution) connected with a VGA cable to the VGA outlet of the computer. After turning it on and...
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    Windows 11 Antimalware Service executable causing spinning cursor wheel?

    After updating to 21h2 22000.675, The Antimalware Service has been constantly running a lot more than it should. After the first update, it was using 1.6GB of ram for hours. My mouse cursor also has the blue spinning wheel contently flashing. (Has been like this for days and never goes away.)...
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    Windows 11 Mystery faint box in Win 11

    Win11 works fine for a day or so, then it becomes unstable, with a mystery faint box in lower centre of screen (refer 2 attached). I also have a video clip showing this, but it is 15MB and this forum doesn't seem to allow it to be added (if someone provides an email address I can send it). If I...
  8. Print screening with the mouse cursor

    Does anybody know about any software available to drag a cursor over an image on the internet and PrintScreen that you can then paste? avoiding having to print the screen the whole screen and cropping the image, which loses image quality. This would be very similar to Paint where you can also...
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    Windows 10 Mouse cursor question

    Hi everyone I use windows10 x64 edition. I use all in one bluetooth keyboard which consist of keyboard and track pad. When I connect above bluetooth device, mouse cursor appear on monitor. However, when I disconnect bluetooth device, mouse cursor also disappear on monitor. I want to be...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 black screen of death

    Hello. So I was just downloading windows 10 and my PC restarted. And now every time after the computer boots up my screen goes black and I can only see the mouse. Can anyone help?
  11. Windows 7 Is there any way I can disable the "auto-show" of the task-bar while in "auto-hide" mode ?

    This is a bit tricky to explain, but here I go. Link Removed I have my taksbar on "auto-hide". That means, that it's hidden unless I get my mouse cursor to the bottom of the screen or I press the "Windows" key. I want it NOT to show when I get my cursor to the button of the screen. To be...
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    Windows 7 Minimising Problem

    I'm still having problems with minimising of games, windows & full screen movies to small boxed windows at random. I know when this happens my mouse cursor has a loading circle so something in the background is causing this for sure but I have no idea what/ I have no spyware or adware as...
  13. 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...
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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...
  15. 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...
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    Windows 7 Lazy redraws in XP VM on W7 host

    I'm running a Win7 Pro x64 host on a fast machine with 16GB of memory, so I'm not suspecting the host. The guest VM is an XPsp3 with 3GB of memory assigned to it. I'm using Win 7's Virtual PC (not "XP Mode", this was an old VM I brought along from my old PC) to run this VM. I don't have...
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    Windows 7 Why does this happen?

    It wasnt used to be like this, and it only happened recently when I plugged in my ipod touch(which im sure isnt related at all). This would happen Link Removed due to 404 Error Dell dock would stop working (not responding), the bar down there cant be used at all. I can't right click on...
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    Windows 7 Problem With Restarts/Booting PC/Desktop

    Erm not sure how to word this problem, The best i can describe it as is a crash. I upgraded my PC from windows XP to windows 7. The new install went fine how ever, About half the time i restart the PC or Boot up from new it loads up to the Desktop and thats it. I dont get a windows Toolbar, I...
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    Windows 7 Problem with installation.

    I'm currently running Windows xp x32, I'm attempting to install windows 7 on my desktop. But after windows loads the files the screen where it should say "install now" does not load and all I see is a mouse cruiser and windows 7 background, it can be the disk because i installed it on my laptop...
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    Windows 7 blank screen... only mouse cursor visible

    Lost power last night... so windows was not shut down properly. Upon startup, I lost some services - wireless, print services, some programs not running, etc... I went online to search for solutions. At some point I reached a 'windows validation' failure screen (in retrospect, some...