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shifted cursor in Vista makes navigation difficult



 
 
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Old June 7th 08, 02:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
BrainyBear
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Default shifted cursor in Vista makes navigation difficult

Ok, here's a problem I haven't seen anyone ask about: when I bought a new
machine with Vista on it, I immediately noticed that I was having trouble
clicking exactly on the point I wanted. That is, the location where the
cursor is clicking on is not the point of the cursor arrow, and this is even
more noticeable when it's the pointer-hourglass combination -- the location
it's pointing to is somewhere in the center of the cursor graphic. This is
especially frustrating when I'm resizing windows or wanting to choose from
among objects that are close together.

I know I'm not hallucinating this, because my laptop still runs XP, and I
have no trouble using the cursor there. But this has been surprisingly
frustrating, and none of my attempts at using different cursor designs have
made a difference. Any suggestions, o wise ones?
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Old June 7th 08, 03:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Stuart Sabatini
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Default shifted cursor in Vista makes navigation difficult

This problem appeared on many Dell computers with ATI video cards. The
solution is new video drivers. On my computer the corrected drivers
appeared as a windows update.

Stuart

"BrainyBear" wrote in message
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Ok, here's a problem I haven't seen anyone ask about: when I bought a new
machine with Vista on it, I immediately noticed that I was having trouble
clicking exactly on the point I wanted. That is, the location where the
cursor is clicking on is not the point of the cursor arrow, and this is
even
more noticeable when it's the pointer-hourglass combination -- the
location
it's pointing to is somewhere in the center of the cursor graphic. This
is
especially frustrating when I'm resizing windows or wanting to choose from
among objects that are close together.

I know I'm not hallucinating this, because my laptop still runs XP, and I
have no trouble using the cursor there. But this has been surprisingly
frustrating, and none of my attempts at using different cursor designs
have
made a difference. Any suggestions, o wise ones?


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Old June 7th 08, 06:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
BrainyBear
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Default shifted cursor in Vista makes navigation difficult

That's exactly what the problem was, Stuart, and updating the driver fixed it
perfectly. Thanks so much!

"Stuart Sabatini" wrote:

This problem appeared on many Dell computers with ATI video cards. The
solution is new video drivers. On my computer the corrected drivers
appeared as a windows update.

Stuart


 




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