Strange Cursor XP Behavior

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 by pmulcahy11b | Discussion: Stardock Support General

I updated my video adapter from an ATI Radeon 7000 AGP 64MB card to an ATI Xtasy AGP 128 MB (made by VisionTek).  Since then, the cursor (whether a Windows Default or CursorXP) disappears under some parts of programs (such as Object Dock, some context menus, some right-click menus, etc.).  I can still in some cases see the sursor well enough to tell where it is, and in others the area where it is changes color (depending upon the skin I'm using).  I have updated my drivers, the Catalyst Control Center, reloaded the standard Windows Skin as an experiment, and changed to regular Windows cursors, to no avail.  Anyone run into this problem, or otherwise have any ideas?

Non-stock HP Pavilion 751n (Modified)

1.5 MB RAM

Aforementioned AGP Video Card (with onboard video disabled)

1.8Mhz Pentium 4

1 internal and 6 external hard drives

Cable modem w/router and AVG Antivirus Plus Firewall

 

Fuzzy Logic
Reply #1 Wednesday, June 13, 2007 3:18 AM
I've seen this before. My understanding is it's a Windows bug   
BX
Reply #2 Wednesday, June 13, 2007 3:23 AM
I've seen this before. My understanding is it's a Windows bug


Same words ... !!!
pmulcahy11b
Reply #3 Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:04 AM
Any workarounds?
Bebi Bulma
Reply #4 Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:08 AM
Microsoft has declared it "not going to fix." It happens to me occasionally, rebooting fixes it. It happens more frequently to some users, and not at all to others.
pmulcahy11b
Reply #5 Friday, February 8, 2008 1:51 AM
It appears that all I needed was a video card with more oomph -- my current one has 512MB RAM.

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