Whenever I run a game full screen, if it doesn't have a custom cursor built into the game, I basically can't play it, because for some reason, my system mouse cursor simply won't display when I run any game in full screen. I know it's still there, because I can see menu item rollovers animating when my cursor passes over them, so with some doing I can usually navigate my way to an option screen to run the game in a window.
But still, this is just silly. What could be causing this?
Best Answer
Try going into 'Control Panel' through the start menu, and accessing the 'Mouse' option.
Under the 'Pointer Options' tab, uncheck 'Display pointer trails' and press 'Apply'. (this seems to be a common issue)
Under the 'Pointers' tab, uncheck 'Enable pointer shadow'.
If you are running Windows 7, or possibly Vista (not sure about vista), go into the 'Personalization' option within Control Panel, and try switching the theme from 'Aero' to 'Basic'.
From there, you could try installing the latest graphics drivers.
Find them here for Nvidia: (Often named 'GeForce'. Recent cards are in a series of '8xxx', '9xxx', '2xx', '3xx', '4xx', '5xx', '6xx'.)
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
Find them here for Ati: (Often named 'Radeon'. Recent cards are in a series of '3xxx', '4xxx', '5xxx', '6xxx', '7xxx'.)
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
Find them here for Intel: (Often referred to as embedded, onboard, or non-discrete.)
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/