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  • L Lost User

    I have Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key enabled. I have multiple monitors and not the greatest vision. Helps me find the cursor but I do get grief from the younger devs.

    There are strangers on the Plain, Croaker

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    I also use Pointer Location. I try to blame multi monitors, but it's probably my age... :sigh:

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    • C Chris Maunder

      My mouse settings are playing up so I was in the mouse control panel fiddling with things and noticed the "Display pointer trails" checkbox. Does anyone here remember when laptop screens were so bad you actually needed pointer trails so you could follow where the mouse was? What a blast from the past.

      cheers Chris Maunder

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      Jorgen Andersson
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      First laptop I ever played around with was a Compaq 386 with a monochrome amber display. There was always a trail. Quite fitting as it was built like a tank.

      Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        I also use Pointer Location. I try to blame multi monitors, but it's probably my age... :sigh:

        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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        Nagy Vilmos
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        Ditto, though there are times I hit CTRL and then wonder why the screen went 'wobbly'...

        veni bibi saltavi

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          Ditto, though there are times I hit CTRL and then wonder why the screen went 'wobbly'...

          veni bibi saltavi

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          That'll be the Alzheimer's... :sigh:

          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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            That'll be the Alzheimer's... :sigh:

            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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            Nagy Vilmos
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            Is that a new brand of Gin I haven't heard of?

            veni bibi saltavi

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            • C Chris Maunder

              My mouse settings are playing up so I was in the mouse control panel fiddling with things and noticed the "Display pointer trails" checkbox. Does anyone here remember when laptop screens were so bad you actually needed pointer trails so you could follow where the mouse was? What a blast from the past.

              cheers Chris Maunder

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              MacSpudster
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                Is that a new brand of Gin I haven't heard of?

                veni bibi saltavi

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                OriginalGriff
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                You've forgotten already?

                Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  You've forgotten already?

                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                  Nagy Vilmos
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                  :sigh: Tonight's late posting is brought to you by 13yo not doing her history project over the two week half-term and realising it's due in in the morning. I am giving her help as needed whilst [a] reading and [b] quality checking a rather cheeky Hungarian red. Chin! Chin!

                  veni bibi saltavi

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                  • N Nagy Vilmos

                    :sigh: Tonight's late posting is brought to you by 13yo not doing her history project over the two week half-term and realising it's due in in the morning. I am giving her help as needed whilst [a] reading and [b] quality checking a rather cheeky Hungarian red. Chin! Chin!

                    veni bibi saltavi

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                    OriginalGriff
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                    Ah. A natural QA questioner, then...:laugh:

                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                    • C Chris Maunder

                      My mouse settings are playing up so I was in the mouse control panel fiddling with things and noticed the "Display pointer trails" checkbox. Does anyone here remember when laptop screens were so bad you actually needed pointer trails so you could follow where the mouse was? What a blast from the past.

                      cheers Chris Maunder

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                      den2k88
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                      Yes I do. My eyes do. Luckily my laptop showed the trail on its own - it had a mangled refresh rate ;P

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                      • N Nagy Vilmos

                        :sigh: Tonight's late posting is brought to you by 13yo not doing her history project over the two week half-term and realising it's due in in the morning. I am giving her help as needed whilst [a] reading and [b] quality checking a rather cheeky Hungarian red. Chin! Chin!

                        veni bibi saltavi

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                        MarkTJohnson
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                        Nice to know that teenagers are the same all over the world.

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                        • L Lost User

                          I have Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key enabled. I have multiple monitors and not the greatest vision. Helps me find the cursor but I do get grief from the younger devs.

                          There are strangers on the Plain, Croaker

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                          dandy72
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                          It's a necessity when you have two 1920x1200 monitors and a 40" 4K one. Even with that, I still sometimes lose the pointer. I'm beginning to think it's time Microsoft allowed larger mouse pointers (64x64 or even 128x128)

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                          • C Chris Maunder

                            My mouse settings are playing up so I was in the mouse control panel fiddling with things and noticed the "Display pointer trails" checkbox. Does anyone here remember when laptop screens were so bad you actually needed pointer trails so you could follow where the mouse was? What a blast from the past.

                            cheers Chris Maunder

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                            fglenn
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                            I'm so old that I remember when there was no mouse, only a CLI. Having said that, I can still have locating the cursor when the focus is on a VM window displaying the console of the VM. The cursor is not to be found by any method until you switch the focus away from the VM window.

                            Fletcher Glenn

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                            • L Lost User

                              I have Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key enabled. I have multiple monitors and not the greatest vision. Helps me find the cursor but I do get grief from the younger devs.

                              There are strangers on the Plain, Croaker

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                              obermd
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                              The next time one of your younger devs is away from their system, change the mouse pointer to "hide" when not in use. The CTRL allows you to find it again quickly.

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