mouse pointer Disappear

[Guest]

the mouse pointer disappear
it still there in the middel of the screen
but wont follow my mouse
it hard to know where your mouse is with out
the pointer
i have winxp pro with sp2

 

[S.Sengupta]

Does reboot help?
Download and install latest mouse driver from the manufacturer's website.
Also update your video driver sometimes buggy video drivers may also be
responsible.
If the above suggestions don't help you then you may test with a new mouse.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

 

[Guest]

Are you sure your mouse is even plugged in?
XD
And please, I can still read your post, but you need to work on your english.

 

[Aleckie59]

Clean the mouse rollers (if any) check that it's plugged in correctly,
re-boot. No change?.................buy a new mouse.

 

[Guest]

ok thanks i updated my mouse driver
sorry forgot to tell you that it a logitech
usb optical and did the same thing with video
ill plug a nother one in and see what it give

thanks
day

 

[Guest]

well i test it with a new mouse
no luck so i most have a conflict
somewhere

 

[Bob I]

Reduce Hardware Acceleration in Display Properties, Settings,
Troubleshooting.

 

[Guest]

haaaa thank you it work
i cant thanks you enough
thanks Bob I

 

[Bob I]

You're welcome, have a good day!

haaaa thank you it work
i cant thanks you enough
thanks Bob I

:

 

[Guest]

the mouse pointer disappear
it still there in the middel of the screen
but wont follow my mouse
it hard to know where your mouse is with out
the pointer
i have winxp pro with sp2

 

[Guest]

My pointer disapears out of the screen on the right hand side only

 

[Guest]

I was having the same problem. The cursor either froze or disappeared.
Rebooting and/or reinstalling the mouse driver only worked temporarily.

I have winxp pro sp2 as well. However, I found the hardware acceleration
slider in 'Display Properties/Settings/Advanced/Troubleshoot'. It was set on
full. I reduced it a notch.

I have my fingers crossed. If I remember, I will post the result as soon as
it's apparent what it is. Thanks for the info.

 

[Guest]

It worked, but I had to set the hardware acceleration down another notch.
Thanks again.

 

[Rock]

It worked, but I had to set the hardware acceleration down another notch.
Thanks again.

You might want to update the video card drivers, if they are not the most
recent release.

 

[Guest]

The bad news is that ultimately the mouse failed again. The good news is
that I solved the problem by taking the mouse to Best Buy where a
knowledgable young man plugged it into a computer there and voila!, the
cursor froze! So I bought this terrific wireless optical mouse (Logitech
LX7) which has worked perfectly since I installed it.

In fact, the installation has turned out to be better than perfect. The
system response has sped up enormously! The various windows now build almost
instantaneously in many cases. Up to now my PC has been kind of a dog. (My
daughter has said unkind things about it on numerous occasions.)

The old mouse was a PS/2 mouse that came with my HP Pavilion 734n computer.
The new mouse, of course, uses a USB port (instead of the PS/2 port). Could
the old mouse have been preventing, or unable to take advantage of, hardware
acceleration?

The only slight problem remaining is that when the PC comes out of standby,
the monitor shuts off so that I have to push the button on the front of it to
turn it on. This behavior started after the old mouse began to fail and
persists with the installation of the new mouse. Any ideas?

As to the drivers, I recently rebuilt my hard drive and installed the latest
HP recommended nVidia drivers in preparation for the SP2 upgrade. Whether
there are more recent driver updates, I can't say. I will check out the
manufacturer's website.

 

[Guest]

Whoops! Another little problem. When I bring the computer out of standby by
jiggling the mouse, the cursor sometimes freezes. This is easily fixed by
putting the computer back into standby and bringing it out again using the
keyboard.

Any ideas about what's causing this and the monitor problem?

 

[Elmo]

Whoops! Another little problem. When I bring the computer out of standby by
jiggling the mouse, the cursor sometimes freezes. This is easily fixed by
putting the computer back into standby and bringing it out again using the
keyboard.

Any ideas about what's causing this and the monitor problem?

Get updated drivers for the graphics card. Try lowering graphics
hardware acceleration.

 

[Guest]

OK. Have downloaded a driver installation executable from the nVidia site.

nVidia says:

• "Download Accelerator" utilities should be disabled when downloading any
drivers.
• Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall all NVIDIA display
drivers from the Windows Control Panel.

1) How do you know if a "Download Accelerator" utility is being employed or
not?

2) If I uninstall the NVIDIA display drivers, will I still have a usable
display to work with so I can install the new drivers?

 

[Elmo]

OK. Have downloaded a driver installation executable from the nVidia site.

nVidia says:

• "Download Accelerator" utilities should be disabled when downloading any
drivers.
• Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall all NVIDIA display
drivers from the Windows Control Panel.

1) How do you know if a "Download Accelerator" utility is being employed or
not?

You'd have to install an accelerator, so should know if you have one.

2) If I uninstall the NVIDIA display drivers, will I still have a usable
display to work with so I can install the new drivers?

You might have generic 256 color graphics, but it'll be legible at that.
And I believe you'll be using the same graphics even though you've
removed them. That shouldn't be a factor till you reboot.