Cursor Flicker/Refresh Issue

Having a real insignificant yet annoying issue. My cursor, (usually most noticeable while idle), will flicker or refresh (you can briefly see the blue processing circle above it). This causes windows or programs to appear transparent (in the background). When not in use, Desktop icons will flicker as if highlighted. The real annoyance is watching a movie or clip in fullscreen (Netflix). After a few minutes (varying) the cursor flicker will cause the window to shrink back to normal size. This can be prevented by keeping the touchpad pressed for the duration of what you are watching, but is clearly not a remedy. I think this could possibly be some conflict with either Flash, Silverlight, or IE8. I have installed the latest touchpad drivers but nothing is working. Has anyone seen and/or dealt with this before? Any advice is appreciated.

It did actually. I was having a ton of BSOD issues. Based upon a reccomendation from another forum member, I manually installed my wireless drivers. That solved that issue. However, in the process, I unistalled and reinstalled several programs and drivers for other components to my laptop. This is a real pain in the ass since Lenovo likes to add its own software to generic components, and for some reason, having the PC search for the newest updates will not work, meaning I have to manually search their website for changes. When I get home from work today I'll try your suggestion and see what happens.

As I figured, Lenovo does not have a simple option of disregarding the tap ability of the mousepad. Is it also possible that something in the background is running, causing the progress circle to quickly appear and disappear, as if I actively selected another program (though in actuality the pc is idle)?