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    Gaming Question

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by raston, Mar 19, 2009.

  1. raston

    raston Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello gamers,

    When I play Cysis or Mass Effect, if running full screen, I loose the mouse cursor in the menus. I have slide the 'invisible' mouse cursor all over the place and watch for a menu item to light up. If I play them 'windowed' the cursor is there.

    However, when I play Call of Duty 4 or 5 I have no trouble running them full screen. The mouse cursor is there and I it's not a guessing game to try an navigate the menus.

    Any ideas???
     
    raston, Mar 19, 2009
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  2. raston

    raston Notebook Enthusiast

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    oops, forgot to subscribe to my own thread.
     
    raston, Mar 19, 2009
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  3. gamadaya

    gamadaya Notebook Evangelist

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    What model do you have? I think the first thing to do would be to update your video card drivers.
     
    gamadaya, Mar 19, 2009
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  4. raston

    raston Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a p-7801u. Only had it for 2 weeks and I'm still using the drivers that came installed on it when new.

    Thanks for the suggestion. I should have thought of that.
    I'll update them and see what happens.
     
    raston, Mar 19, 2009
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  5. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    go to laptopvideo2go.com to get newer drivers or try Dox's drivers
     
    The_Moo™, Mar 19, 2009
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  6. raston

    raston Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well... I tried Dox's drivers and still have the same issue.
    Any other ideas?
     
    raston, Mar 19, 2009
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    scotchirishprince Notebook Geek

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    I had an issue on my 7811 when I would try to run games in XP compatibility mode. The Cursor wouldn't appear at all in some games like City of Heroes.

    Are you running any of those games in a compatibility mode?
     
    scotchirishprince, Mar 20, 2009
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  8. raston

    raston Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nope... running them normal.
     
    raston, Mar 20, 2009
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    scotchirishprince Notebook Geek

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    That is bizarre.

    Looking at other forums quickly in google for an answer for you, one thing that popped up was to make sure your shortcut on the desktop is targeting the right file. Not sure how this could even happen but some people said they corrected the targeted file and the cursor shows up everywhere now.

    The other thing people have done with your issue is just do a clean install of vista, which also seems to help. I would view this as a last resort--I like to try out every other possibility first, but it may be the quickest solution.
     
    scotchirishprince, Mar 20, 2009
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