Mouse pointer flickering! It is so annoying! Please help!

Ok, in at least two games now, Everquest 2 and in Civ IV, my mouse
pointer flickers badly. There is also a little black square next to
the pointer. It happens in both games. I have the latest Nvidia
drivers. I updated windows through 'Windows Update'. I tried turning
off all background programs. I even tried a different mouse from a
different company with different mouse drivers! No change!

Now I did notice that in EQ2, when I play in the mode that shows the
windows taskbar at the bottom and the windows menu bar at the top, the
pointer does not flicker. But as soon as I hit ALT+ENTER to make the
game completely fullscreen I see the exact same flickering and little
black box I see in Civ IV.

If anyone has any suggestions, I will certainly try them. Thank you!

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:14:07 -0500, Mike S. <mike DeleteThis @nowhere.com> wrote:

>Ok, in at least two games now, Everquest 2 and in Civ IV, my mouse
>pointer flickers badly. There is also a little black square next to
>the pointer. It happens in both games. I have the latest Nvidia
>drivers. I updated windows through 'Windows Update'. I tried turning
>off all background programs. I even tried a different mouse from a
>different company with different mouse drivers! No change!
>
>Now I did notice that in EQ2, when I play in the mode that shows the
>windows taskbar at the bottom and the windows menu bar at the top, the
>pointer does not flicker. But as soon as I hit ALT+ENTER to make the
>game completely fullscreen I see the exact same flickering and little
>black box I see in Civ IV.
>
>If anyone has any suggestions, I will certainly try them. Thank you!

I've never seen that problem, but you might try the following; Go into
Display Properties/Settings/Advanced/Troubleshoot, and move the
acceleration slider one notch to the left. That's supposed to disable
Windows' mouse cursor acceleration, so it could possibly have an effect.
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Greg Johnson