- Always show hourglass
- Posted by empipi on January 22nd, 2006
My new Windows XP system slows to a crawl periodically and it would help if I
could see the hourglass in the main screen while the computer is busy. At the
moment it only appears when the mouse hovers over the menu bar.
If I can't see the mouse, I respond as if the computer has hung and I keep
trying other keystrokes (e.g ctrl-alt-del) to get the system moving. Of
course that slows it down even more.
How can I make the hourglass always appear on the main screen when the
computer is busy?
- Posted by DrJoel on January 23rd, 2006
empipi wrote:
I think you should be looking for the reason the computer slows down,
and not why the hour glass shows or doesn't. Have you checked for spywear?
- Posted by Sharon F on January 24th, 2006
On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 16:26:02 -0800, empipi wrote:
For the cursor: You can set Control Panel> Mouse> Pointer Options to "show
location of pointer when I press the CTRL key." You won't get an hour glass
but the cursor will be surrounded by concentric circles.
--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
- Posted by empipi on January 24th, 2006
You're right, I know. It's just that seeing the hourglass stops me from
clicking on more and more stuff (close window, escape, CNTRL-ALT-DEL several
times etc).
I don't have any spywear operating at the moment. I use XoftSpy but haven't
installed it yet. Could there be spywear preinstalled on the new system?
I have changed the performance settings to "best performance" but it hasn't
made much difference.
"DrJoel" wrote:
- Posted by DrJoel on January 24th, 2006
empipi wrote:
to the web then I would say it is not spywear, but if you did either i
would run a spywear check using Adwear SE or Spybot Search and Destroy
both free applications. Or even Microsoft Anti Spywear beta also free.
