Lost cursor in media center

Hi,
I have a problem in that whenever I open windows media center The cursor disappears. It seems as though it is there but invisible, as when I move the mouse around icons will light up and activate if I click on them. the problem has just occurred and was previously okay. I wonder if anyone else has experienced this problem and could anyone offer some advice on how to rectify the problem.

Cheers....pjan6709

Same problem, no cure (yet).

Until SP1 when M$ may fix this consider using Media Centre on a seperate monitor through S-Video (if you have it) with a remote control.

I have an Emprex 3000 remote, excellent piece of kit.

Alternatively, try this:-

The Maxifier

Have you tried turning off pointer trails? I am now using W7 but had the same problem in vista. Turning off pointer trails worked for me in vista.

Hi,
Thanks, Qdos jacee & larry D for your quick response, I did try both and neither worked. However on opening media center this morning I find the cursor had mysteriously reappeared. Windows did an update during the night maybe that did the trick. Anyway, thanks again everyone for your help.
Cheers

See whether hitting the Windows button on your keyboard does anything, it seems to temporarily give me some cursor control - well, sometimes at least!

On my setup I'm using two monitors. I'm going to set Media Centre to run on an S-Video cable and control it uniquely with a remote control handset, but it's a sure indication that we're still BETA testing the OS in truth, eh?

Hi Qdos,
I didn't try hitting the windows button but I will if it happens again. Maybe I did by mistake and that's what's fixed the problem. Thanks again.

Turning off mouse trails works. I can now see my cursor in Media. Thanks

I have tried everything, nothing works. It does come back periodically and then will just disappear again, no idea why. I have now overcome the problem by using a remote control.