S
Shannon Jacobs
In many applications you have one or more secondary cursors.
Typically, that cursor was brightly highlighted when you were in that
particular panel or window, but it faded to a pale color when you gave
the focus to another panel or window. Outlook Express is a program
that uses this feature a lot. For example, when using the newsreader
mode, the primary focus indicates whether the arrow keys will move
between groups or between posts. When you are moving among the posts,
you can look at the secondary cursor to figure out which newsgroup you
are in, but...
One of my computers now has an almost invisible secondary cursor. Not
just OE, but several other programs that use this feature are
affected, and all of the programs are harder to use.
So far I have spent some months trying to diagnose the problem. There
does not seem to be anything special about this computer in comparison
to my other computers which do not show the problem. No unusual or
unique software, etc. I've searched the newsgroups without coming up
with any likely leads. I've also searched the Microsoft support sites
and come up with nothing (as usual there).
I do suspect it is some kind of palette problem, though changing the
color settings has no effect. It doesn't happen all of the time, but
most of the time, and so far I haven't been able to spot any pattern
there.
Typically, that cursor was brightly highlighted when you were in that
particular panel or window, but it faded to a pale color when you gave
the focus to another panel or window. Outlook Express is a program
that uses this feature a lot. For example, when using the newsreader
mode, the primary focus indicates whether the arrow keys will move
between groups or between posts. When you are moving among the posts,
you can look at the secondary cursor to figure out which newsgroup you
are in, but...
One of my computers now has an almost invisible secondary cursor. Not
just OE, but several other programs that use this feature are
affected, and all of the programs are harder to use.
So far I have spent some months trying to diagnose the problem. There
does not seem to be anything special about this computer in comparison
to my other computers which do not show the problem. No unusual or
unique software, etc. I've searched the newsgroups without coming up
with any likely leads. I've also searched the Microsoft support sites
and come up with nothing (as usual there).
I do suspect it is some kind of palette problem, though changing the
color settings has no effect. It doesn't happen all of the time, but
most of the time, and so far I haven't been able to spot any pattern
there.