I take it, this is a new problem? And the mouse and system are as they were when everything worked? If you have got yourself a new mouse, especially a gaming mouse or such, it could simply be a driver issue, you need to have the specific drivers.
One easy cure could be, untick "Allow themes to change mouse pointers", in Control Panel\Mouse\Pointers.
A clean boot might help to solve the problem, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
It's not necessarily a Windows problem, it could be another program affecting. Something has changed, I presume?
Best of all, not least luck!
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. The mouse still stays as a white arrow. I can change only the arrow to black, large, small, etc. Any ideas?
Running Windows Home Prem.
Thanks,
Starkman
In the Mouse Properties, look under Customize > click Browse > scroll down to pen.cur ( see my screenshot) > click it >click Open > click OK.
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You should have the "pen " cursor now.
As to feedback, I don't know if there's an additional something or other I have to do to ensure that the answers I got worked.
Starkman
Okay, I am...(wow, this is amazing, simply amazing)...I am an idiot. So, yes, I have the theme box unchecked, and I had tried browsing and all that, BUT (and here's where I get Idiot of the Year)...BUT once the pen curser showed, I didn't realize I still had to select it. I mean, it's there, it's in the box where my arrow curser was. Why should I have to select it. Well, I did and BINGO! All is well.
Lesson still not learned, because I'm sure the next time I'm doing something that requires this kind of procedure I will still not get it!
Thanks a million, folks,
Starkman
Lesson still not learned, because I'm sure the next time I'm doing something that requires this kind of procedure I will still not get it!
Starkman
Glad you got it working. As to mention, I don't like people calling themselves or others idiots. Not very nice, is it?
Hope you enjoy your pen.
What?
Did I call the OP an idiot.
Explain yourself !!
If you are accusing me, you'd better get the fact straight and prove it.
I don't think Pauli was talking to you on that reply. Read carefully and keep calm.
cheers!
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He was not "talking" to me, but the implication was there.
Otherwise, where does that " Not very nice, is it?" come from?
The OP called himself an "idiot" (post #6) and Pauli said "I don't like people calling themselves.."
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I'd read that.
The whole sentence was >>>
As to mention, I don't like people calling themselves or others idiots. Not very nice, is it?
It's a general statement. Wow! It seems to me that you are the one making false accusation here. Anyway, I'll let Pauli explain his self.
Have a good one and take it easy.
Cheers!
Your action is honourable. I respect that.
I read that reply ( #11) differently. That whole second sentence is unnecessary and only opens to misinterpretation.
Had he not included " or others ", I would have no issue with it.
Have a good day.
It was Starkman who called himself by that expression. By no means was my text meant towards anyone else, except in a general sense, it wasn't even meant against Starkman, it was meant for him. I don't like name calling, although I admit the spirit of the saying, it's like "I'll kill you", when the meaning is not seriously meant.Okay, I am...(wow, this is amazing, simply amazing)...I am an idiot.