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Summary: A computer mouse cursor can be easily changed by going to the Start menu, opening the Control Panel, selecting Mouse Settings and clicking Properties. Add shadows, change cursor speed or download different cursors with tips from a computer specialist in this free video on computer technology.
Michael Jurkowski has been a computer expert since he setup a hand-me-down DOS-only PC when he was seven. A few days after plugging it in, Jurkowski was running five inch floppy disc...read more
"One of the best parts about having a computer is being able to customize it to make it your own. My name is Mike, and today, we're going to talk about how to change the mouse cursors on a Windows computer. Now, Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation, and I am in no way affiliated with them. I'm just using their product to show you how to do something useful. It's pretty simple. I have a Windows desktop right here. I'm going to go over to the Start menu, which is on the bottom left corner, and I'm going to scroll up to the Control Panel, which is about halfway up. Once the Control Panel opens, you are given a bunch of different settings you can tweak. I'm going to open the mouse settings. I'm going to double-click that, and you're given mouse properties. It's got everything from pointers to, you know, refresh speeds, moving speeds if you want a tail on it. I'm going over to pointers, which is where what we want to do is located. I'm going to put it on Windows default. Now, you can do that, but you can also tweak separate ones individually, but I'm going to just supply it how it is. And now the mouse is changed. You can change pointer shadows if you want -- you can take that off or you can put it back on -- but I like it how it is. Another good thing you can do is actually go on the Internet and search for Windows mouse cursors. You know, download as many as you want, add them right to this. It's got a button -- I don't know if I showed you -- that says Browse in the pointers tab. And with that, you can actually go and find... These are separate cursor files or, actually, compressed files that have a cursor for every different action, whether it be loading or resize. And it loads them all at the same time, and then you can apply as many themes as you want one at a time, or you can make your own. You can actually make one with Windows Microsoft Paint. So, you know, the possibilities are endless when it comes to customizing your mouse cursors, and that's how you do it."
eHow Article: How to Change a Mouse Cursor
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