Windows 7: Mouse Pointer has become too large

Hi All,

Just installed my copy of Windows 7 and it's ace!

Apart from the fact that my Mouse Pointer has suddenly become really REALLY big! I've tried changing the size setting via the Control Panel but it doesn't change the size at all!

I've been informed by a friend of mine that if I lift my mouse off the desk that it thinks the mouse is really far away and makes the adjustment however... it won't go back to normal size!!

Does anyone have an answer?



Cheers,

ZW

there are in the ease of use control panel. You probably have either magnify, or large mouse pointer enabled

Ken

I've been and tried this and it doesn't work.

When I select the standard size it just stays the same horrible size

Hmm this has got even weirder...

If I set the mouse pointer to have a floating trail it goes back to normal size. If I uncheck it it goes back to a ridiculous size.

So I could just live with it... with a trail but it means I have no visible mouse pointer whilst playing games!!

What are the DPI settings? The option is under Screen Resolution with font sizes.

Hmm... after downloading the latest drivers for my Graphics Card and then Restarting it seems to have settled down.

But if the problem reoccurs I'll look into the DPI.


Thanks

It has happend a few times. I have the latest drivers for my 5850. Also I have 3 monitors hooked up and only my primary montior has the big pointer. If I mouse over to the other monitors I have a normal size pointer, but when I mouse back to the primary it gets big again. Also when I mouse down on a title bar the pointer turns small as long as the button is pressed.

This is a new issues caused by ATI drivers in Win 7.

THG have an article on it.

Helmut, could you post the link to it?
tks

Trying downloading the drivers for the 5800 series (my card is the 5770) to see if it helps as I've read on AMD Game Forums it might work.

I'll let you know if it works but, sometimes the problem takes at least a day before it'll reappear.

Here's the link to the article I read:

AMD Game Forums - 5770 driver problems?