Invisible Cursor and Vista
Posted by admin on Jul 11th, 2006
Invisible CursorProblem: The cursor is invisible in a number of applications; Media Center, Supreme Commander, and Vangard running on Vista. The cursor is there because I am able to highlight buttons.Setup: Motherboard :eVGA 680i 122CKNF68 (Bios: P25) Memory: 2GB CORSAIR TWIN2X20486400C4 (Not OC, AUTO 444122T2.1v) CPU: CORE 2 DUO E6600 (Not OC) Video Card: eVGA 8800 GTX (Not OC, 100.65 Drivers) HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 300GB WD Raptor 150 GB SATA Hard Drives ( WD1500ADFD ) Optical: PLEXTOR DVDR PX755A PCI Cards: Hauppauge WinTV PVR500 (Last PCI Slot) PSU: SilverStone Strider ST60F 600W Case: LIAN LI PCC30A USB:Netgear WG111v2 Wireless Adapter Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech Dinovo Media Desktop + MX900 Mouse (Bluetooth) OS: Windows Vista 32 Ultimate (6000.vista_rtm.0611012205)Installed Software: Realtek High Definition Audio Drivers (Version R1.60) Nvidia Geforce 8800 100.65 Drivers DirectX 9c (Feb 2007) Vista Codec Pack VC++ 2005 Redistributable 3DMark06 Complete Vista Updates Vandard (Updated) Supreme Commander Neverwinter Nights 2 (Updated, Cursor works)Things I have tried but do not work: 1) Installed Setpoint 3.3 for the Logitech Dinovo Keyboard and MX900 mouse. This didn't solve any problems but caused the mouse to lag when in motion. Removed the Setpoint Drivers and went back to the Vista embedded drivers 2) Installed Nvidia Beta Drivers 100.41. Did not solve the problem and caused instability in the drivers when playing Supreme Commander in Windowed mode. 3) Tried a wired mouse. Did not solve the problem. 4) Tried removing settings for AA in Nvidia Control Panel. Did not solve the problem.Things that work but don't know why:1) Neverwinter Nights 2 works. It was updated to 1.04 before I tried it out. Temp Solutions: 1) For Media Center, if I use any other cursor schemes other then Windows Aero the mouse cursor is visible but this does not work for Games. 2) For Games and Media Center, if I run in Windowed mode then the cursor is visible. In Supreme Commander in Windowed mode the cursor is also changed to what is used inside the game (not the Windows cursor)I am still looking for a more permanent solution without having to play my games in windowed mode.
Jul 14th, 2006 at 09:40 am
If it is full screen media centre then turn off mouse trails.
Jul 18th, 2006 at 10:44 am
On Mar 8, 12:26 pm, <.> wrote: I have all options in the mouse config disabled. I tried turning on and off options and nothing seems to work at least for gaming.
Jul 21st, 2006 at 11:40 am
I only know about NVidia, mouse trails, and MCE full screen.
Jul 24th, 2006 at 03:17 am
I have been having trouble with the invisible cursor as well. I've been experiencing it in TitanQuest, Company of Heroes & Flight Simulator. I turned off mouse trails, disabled pointer shadow & disabled "hide pointer while typing". Everything works peachy now! (well, almost peachy... for some reason whenever I start Titan quest or CoH, I need to quickly 'click' in the game, or else it minimizes to the desktop."." wrote: