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Need sum puter nerd help??(windows)


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On my sons windows XP desktop the cursor wont stay on task, if you click a typing box it goes away after a couple seconds on it own. Or if you try to use drop/windows menu it goes away after a second or two. Does it in all programs and all applications. It only does it on "limited accounts", but if you are logged into a "administrator account" at the same time it does not do it, ONLY IF the "limited account" is logged in by itself it does. I tried a different mouse and key board and i tried to delete his accout and create a new one and nothing helped. And he tells me after a hour or more it eventually will quit doing it.:wtf:

So right now to make it work for him i have to login to the admin account, hit switch users and login to his account. in other words both accounts have to loged in.

p.s...when i switched his account to a admin acct, it did not do it. but that isnt a perminate option.

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p.s...when i switched his account to a admin acct, it did not do it. but that isnt a perminate option.

Hmmm, that's weird. Sounds like making his acct full access might be the only way to fix it unless you feel like reinstalling windows, yuck.

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Follow this and see what you come up with;

Click the Start button> click Control Panel> click Hardware> and then click Mouse. Click the Pointer Options tab, and then do the following: Uncheck the Hide pointer while typing box.

If that doesn't help I would do some very heavy malware and anti-virus scans to be sure you don't have some garbage running in the background that is interfering with the cursor.

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Follow this and see what you come up with;

Click the Start button> click Control Panel> click Hardware> and then click Mouse. Click the Pointer Options tab, and then do the following: Uncheck the Hide pointer while typing box.

If that doesn't help I would do some very heavy malware and anti-virus scans to be sure you don't have some garbage running in the background that is interfering with the cursor.

Just tried that with no results, i already ran all my regualr, anti and reg scans with nothing to show too.

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If its a virus yes, I removed a virus Friday from an employees computer and was able to do whatever I wanted in Admin but as soon as I logged in as her 10 windows popped up with a "Win 7 Security" virus.

I only ran a quick scan, ill run a complete scan maybe tomorrow, i'm tired of screwing with it tonight.

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If this just started today, you can try rolling back to a previous Restore point for a know good time, like a week ago, ( assuming you have automatic restore point enabled)

He said its been doing it for awhile but yes i do and i can try that, only reason i found it is because Microsoft said the family filter on his computer needed updated. Hes only 10 so he didnt know to tell me

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