Getting rid of the mouse! (hiding it completely)

[Michael]

I would like to completely get rid of the mouse on boot-
up...

I've created a transparent cursor so after Windows boots
up the mouse is invisible. But during initial bootup,
Windows XP puts the mouse cursor directly in the middle of
the screen for several seconds before launching a
profile...

I basically have an .exe in the STARTUP folder and would
like the box to bootup without any trace of a mouse...
even if you remove mouse.drv and disconnect the mouse,
Windows XP still displays the mouse cursor on boot up...

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated... I even did
a search for a 3rd party app to completely disable the
mouse... no luck!

Thanks in advance...
Michael

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

And who would you like to play this trick on?