Most laptops have a touchpad toggle key. The cursor often reappears immediately. A simple restart can fix many problems.

Q: I’m running Windows and my mouse occasionally seems to disappear – what causes this? A: Few things are more frustrating than trying to move your mouse pointer only to realize it seems to have ...

Press Win + R, type regedit, and press Enter. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse. These three values control the acceleration curve. Setting all of them to zero ensures Windows applies ...

Q: I’m running Windows and my mouse occasionally seems to disappear – what causes this? A: Few things are more frustrating than trying to move your mouse pointer only to realize it seems to have ...

Mouse acceleration, called “Enhance Pointer Acceleration” in Windows 11, dynamically adjusts the cursor movement based on the speed of the physical mouse. The faster you move the mouse, the further ...

Check out these Windows accessibility features that can make things easier and help improve the productivity of a normal user ...

It is update time for those using PowerToys on Windows 10 and 11. Version 0.72 is now available for download with numerous fixes, and improvements. Although this release does not contain any new ...

It was elementary to create a custom mouse pointer on the Commodore Amiga, and the introductory tinkering for countless pixel ...

Google Slides, Google’s PowerPoint competitor, is getting a fun new collaborative feature: live mouse pointers. When multiple people are editing a presentation, they’ll be able to see everyone else’s ...

For decades now, we’ve been able to quickly and reliably interface musical instruments to computers. These tools have generally made making and recording music much easier, but they’ve also opened up ...