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How to Customize Your Mouse Pointer

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Are you tired of the same boring mouse pointer? Windows 95, 98 and NT offer some variations; many commercial mouse packages come with more interesting designs.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Computer Mice
Mouse Pads

Step1

Click Start and select Settings.

Step2

Select Control Panel.

Step3

Double-click the Mouse icon to display Mouse Properties.

Step4

Click the Pointers tab.

Step5

Click the down arrow on the right of the Scheme field to display the

Step6

different pointer designs.

Step7

View each scheme to display the pointer icons assigned to various mouse functions.

Step8

Select the scheme you like, or create your own mouse scheme by selecting a pointer icon and using the Browse button to find and replace the pointer icon. (Look in the Cursors folder within the Windows folder.) Be sure to name and save the customized scheme.

Step9

Click OK or Apply to change to the new mouse pointer.

Tips & Warnings

Use the large cursor on high-resolution monitors.
Animated cursors require more memory to run; therefore, change to a regular cursor if your programs require more memory.
Search the Internet for a wide variety of cursor icons (especially the animated ones).

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mrcaleb said

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on 4/20/2008 The most popular free download for cursors and mouse pointers is Cursor Mania: http://www.pointsincase.com/downloads/free_cursors.htm You can pick from simple pointers like colorful arrows, or animated arrows with animal faces or other fun objects like wands or magnets. You also won't have to go through this many steps - 2 clicks and it's changed.

Anonymous said

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on 11/22/2005 There is a Web site called http://www.cometcursor.com where you can download software to customize your mouse pointer with one click, and they have 3000 icons there. It's a breeze.