Mouse Cursor Disappearing after 1 sec

[wpurcell]

Hello. Recently my mouse cursor began disappearing after a second or so. It reappears when moving the mouse. This happens in IE8 and FireFox. Any ideas? Thanks for your time.

 

[DJROD]

Happened to me yesterday. Disappeared completely. BUT..only after i added CursorFX. Couldnt even find it to click on anything. Just i just deleted that. If you have THAT on your PC it may be because of that. Other then that...not sure.

 

[wpurcell]

Hi. No, noCursorFX. Doesn't happen in Opera. Very odd indeed. Annoying.

 

[Harvey Meale]

Hi wpurcell,

The problem lies within your Adobe Flash plugin. Please read the following article for a fix.

• Mouse Pointer Flickers, Blinks or Disappears In Web Browser (IE, Firefox, Google Chrome)

Thanks,
Harvey Meale

 

[wpurcell]

Hey, thanks Harvey. That's complete rubbish on Adobe's part though. Is there an alternative for flash in windows? I know I use Gnash in Gnu/Linux. Why is this not an issue with Opera?

 

[Harvey Meale]

Hey, thanks Harvey. That's complete rubbish on Adobe's part though. Is there an alternative for flash in windows? I know I use Gnash in Gnu/Linux.

Hi wpurcell,

Apple is currently developing an alternative, but until that's here, I doubt you'll find anything that could substitute, unfortunately. Did you try disabling and enabling the plugin?

Thanks,
Harvey Meale

 

[wpurcell]

Hello Harvey. Yes I did, and that works. Thanks for the suggestion. I hope "they" get this fixed soon!

 

[Harvey Meale]

No problems; glad I could help.