Always show hourglass

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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?
 
empipi said:
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?
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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?
 
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?
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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.
 
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.
 
empipi said:
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.
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If you said that no software was installed on PC and you didn't connect
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.
 
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