If you think the default cursor is boring (or difficult to see), Windows gives you the option of changing it. Just be careful not to change it to another standard cursor (for example, changing the Normal Select cursor to the Busy hourglass cursor). This could prove slightly confusing for you and completely baffling to anybody else who works on your computer. If you make a choice and decide it was a mistake, click the Use Default button on the Pointers tab in the Mouse Properties dialog box to return a selected cursor to its default choice.

To change the cursor:

1. Choose Start, Control Panel and double-click the Mouse link.

2. Click the Pointers tab in the Mouse Properties dialog box. Whatever theme you have displayed in Windows is the one that will be selected here with its cursors displayed. To change to cursors used in other themes, select a theme from the Scheme drop-down list.

3. Click the Normal Select (or any other) cursor in the Customize list, and then click the Browse button.

4. In the resulting Browse dialog box, click the Views button and choose Thumbnails.

5. Click a cursor file icon and then click Open.

6. Click Apply to see whether you're happy with your cursor choice, and when you are, click OK to exit.