Re: cursor doesn't appear in text entry field

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Hi...
Ya know, I'm not a 'Puter savvy person but here's a suggestion:

In your Mouse settings, under pointer options, check the "snap to" box.

Mz. Jaz

"Charlie Z" wrote:

> Thanks for your response. I think you are correct about it being called a
> cursor 'focus' problem. I have been reading about it here. Unlike some
> 'focus' problems reported here, my web page banner does not get mutted. That
> is, it does not appear that my web page is being supplanted by another.
>
> It occured to me after making my post that just one day before all this
> began to happen on both of my computers I installed a Windows Update.
> Specifically it was the XP Hotfis KB887742 and I am thinking of doing an
> uninstall to see if the problem goes away.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks
>
> "MsOsWin@xxxxxxxx" wrote:
>
> > =?Utf-8?B?Q2hhcmxpZSBa?= <CharlieZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in
> > news:9F8C7AAF-97DF-4F79-AE49-95CBDE0629F9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> >
> > > I have 2 computers on my home network and both have begun to
> > > experience the same problem. In the past, when I opened the Internet
> > > Explorer the cursor (in the form of a vertical line) would be located
> > > in the text entry field waiting for me to type.
> >
> > i think this is called, cursor "focus".
> >
> > >Also, if I went to a
> > > web site sign-in page to retrieve my email the cursor would be located
> > > in the text entry field (where I want it to be).
> >
> >
> > maybe the site has revised thier page(s).
> >
> > >Currently, there is
> > > a problem. The cursor longer automatically appears in the text entry
> > > field. I can move my mouse and place the cursor in the text entry
> > > field but that's a pain. While I don't know if it's related, I
> > > recently installed SP2. I don't know if it's related because SP2 was
> > > installed on one computer almost 4 weeks ago and on the other only a
> > > few days ago. This problem on both computers only began a few days
> > > ago. Any suggestions? Thanks.
> > >
> >
> >
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