How do I change the mouse pointer?

A mouse is a device by which we control the cursor. The user moves it on the table, and the sensors transmit information about the position change to the pointer that repeats everything on the screen. The appearance of the cursor is determined by the scheme that is used by the graphical interface at the moment. Can I change the mouse pointer? You probably noticed that the cursor is usually a white arrow. But sometimes, for example, during the download and after it, as well as at other times, it changes.

What kind of cursor is it?

In Windows, the appearance of this element depends on the processes that occur in the system. Here are some examples of how the mouse pointer changes:

• When operations are performed, it is an arrow;
• When performing any processes in the background modes, a ring appears around it that rotates;
• If you work with drawings, then it can become a cross.

Change the appearance

The mouse pointer can be different, the totality of its images is a diagram. In the settings you can change it, there are also all the options that are assigned to different processes of the system. The user has the right to stop at those that he will like more. Just need to know that the cursor will return to its original appearance, if you move to a new desktop theme. If you select a specific scheme, you do not have to allow the mouse pointer to change.

There is such a possibility. Let's see how to change the scheme. The default is "Windows Aero".

1. Go to "Start", then in "Control Panel", there you will see "Mouse".
2. Then the window will open, you will see the "Pointers" tab.
3. In it there is a drop-down list in which there is a current scheme. It will depend on what the mouse pointer looks like. Here you can choose something else. Use the "Delete" button to remove the schema, but this only applies to user-defined options. By the way, you can make more detailed changes, which is very convenient.

Creating your own cursors

How to make your mouse pointers for Windows? It is possible to create separate themes, keeping an unlimited number of custom schemes.

1. Find the desired pointer in the "Settings" field, click 2 times with the mouse.
2. A folder will open in which different kinds of cursors are located on your computer. Expansion of "ani" in animated pictures, and "cur" - in static ones. Everything is stored in a folder called "Cursors", there you need to place any images for cursors that you download on the Internet or do yourself in graphic editors! It is located in the directory "Windows", located on drive C. After that they will become available, like all system schemes.
3. Find the right images, choose them. After the changes, a button named "Save As" will be available, click to record the scheme under any name, then you will choose it on a par with others. You can always return to the initial settings by clicking "Default".

By the way, you can configure the mouse pointer for Windows 7 via the query in the main menu. Press the keyboard key "Win", the menu will open, enter the "mouse" in the search field. In the list that appears, find the link about changing the cursor type, then click on it. Now you know how easy it is to change the pointers of a computer mouse.