Changing the appearance of your Windows pointer
Windows comes installed with a variety of different pointers, so if you're tired of the standard arrow and hourglass that are set as the Windows defaults, follow these steps to change them.
- Open the Control Panel
- In Windows XP click on the Start button and select Control Panel from the menu that appears (usually on the right hand side of the menu).
- In Windows 95/98/2000 click on the Start button, click on
Settings and then select Control Panel
from the menu that appears.
- The control panel window will open, displaying tools available to manage your
computer. One of these tools is Mouse.
- Double-click on the Mouse icon to open the a window similar
to this:
- At the top of this window you will see a number of tabs, one of which will be Pointers. Click on this tab to see the pointer options available.
- Towards the top of this window is a drop-down list containing all the different pointers available with your version of Windows. Choosing one of these options will cause the pointers to be previewed in this window. When happy with your selection click on OK to apply the change.
(The icons you see in your Control Panel may differ depending on your operating system and options you have installed)
