Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 with 4gb memory

I have as my cursor 3D Bronze pointer.

I went inside Control Panel/Mouse, chose Pointer Tab, Work in background and
changed the icon to icon of drum beating. In the preview window, I can see
the drum beating. When I press OK and exit. When I open some application,
the drum icon would appear but without animation as though it is frozen.
Does anyone know what might be the problem on why there is no animation?

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