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03-30-2002, 02:15 PM
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Why does my mouse pointer constantly flash??
Hi everyone,
I have a really irritating problem.......Ha not funny!!..... no really, my mouse pointer is constantly flashing, mostly when i am surfing the web. It flashes from the pointer into the egg timer. I am running WIN98SE. I have done a virus scan but nothing has appeared. Any help greatly appreciated 
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03-30-2002, 02:22 PM
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Member (9 bit)
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Location: Canada
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Go to Start>Settings>Controle Panel>Mouse and check around in there, maybe you'll find something in there. Just a sugestion.
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03-30-2002, 09:20 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Hi spicychicken,
Do you have a lot of stuff running in background? If you have a lot of icons next to your clock, those are all programs running in background. What speed is your CPU? How much RAM does your system have? When your cursor is flashing, is the hard drive light flashing too? Cricket
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03-31-2002, 07:17 AM
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Member (7 bit)
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Hi Cricket,
The only programs i have running in the background is Norton AV, zonealarm & gravis stinger. I have disabled gravis stinger but problem still occuring. There is no Hard drive activity when the pointer is flashing. I am running an AMD Athlon 1200 with 256mb Memory. |
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03-31-2002, 12:28 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Hi spicychicken,
Are your drivers all up to date? Video card, motherboard chipset, DirectX, soundcard, etc...? What mouse are you using? Are you using the Windows generic mouse driver or the driver that came with the mouse? When you press Ctrl Alt Del right after boot up, you only have those programs running? No Find Fast or any Norton Utilities? No IRQ's being shared? Cricket
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03-31-2002, 03:38 PM
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Member (7 bit)
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Cricket,
I have updated directX 8.0 to 8.1 and that has solved my problem. Thanks very much for your help. :-) |
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03-31-2002, 08:45 PM
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Member (6 bit)
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check your refresh rate for your mouse
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03-31-2002, 11:42 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Join Date: Sep 1999
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Hi spicychicken,
Just upgrading DirectX 8.0 to 8.1 cleared up the problem? Could be your video card drivers were optimized for DirectX 8.1. Glad you got your problem cleared up. Cricket
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04-01-2002, 12:21 PM
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Member (7 bit)
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Damn it!! The problem has started up again. I have tried all the suggestions above. Any more suggestions? It is definately only doing it whilst i am connected to the net. Thanks
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04-01-2002, 12:24 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Kaneohe, Hawaii
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Hi spicychicken,
Get Ad-Aware by Lavasoft and do a check for spyware. Also, try checking for trojans with The Cleaner by Moosoft. Both programs can be downloaded from Download.com Cricket
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04-09-2002, 06:24 AM
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Member (7 bit)
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OK, I now know how to stop the pointer from flashing.... if i open up regedit & then close it again, the pointer stops flashing. I have to do this everytime i connect to the web. Mmmm very strange!! Any clue as to why this is?
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