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Making Your Cursor More Visible In Windows
XP
 By Dave Taylor
I constantly lose track of where my cursor is on my new Windows laptop and it's driving me crazy. I know there are apps I can download but I'm wondering if there's anything within Microsoft Windows XP that can help me with my vanishing cursor problem?
You're right to be suspicious of those third-party applications: many of those custom cursor packages are actually spyware or worse, and I never recommend that anyone download and install anything in that category.
The good news is that you don't need to worry about anything like that because WinXP actually has some nice features included that will greatly alleviate your problem.
To get to them, you'll want to click on START --> Control Panels, then click on Mouse. Now you'll see this:
Click on the "Pointer Options" tab first of all, and you'll see this:
As you can see, there are three visibility options you can select: I find that the "pointer trails" is darn annoying, personally, but the "show location of pointer" when you press the Control button feature is pretty cool. Try both of them, see what you think.
But wait! There's more! Click on the Pointers tab too:
Continue reading this article.
About the Author:
Dave Taylor has been involved with the Internet since 1980 and is
internationally known as an expert on both business and
technology issues.
Holder of an MSEd and MBA, author of twenty books and founder of four
startups, he also runs a strategic marketing company and consults with firms
seeking the best approach to working with weblogs and social networks. Dave
is an award-winning speaker and frequent guest on radio and podcast
programs.
AskDaveTaylor.com
http://www.intuitive.com/blog/
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