Mac OS X Cursors for Windows 7, Vista and XP – Easy Installer Posted September 21st, 2008 in Downloads, Mac OS X, Windows by Damian Here is a little something for all of you Mac-lovers who use Windows. ![]() Make the cursor (mouse pointer) larger and easier to see in Windows 7 Windows 7 comes with a 'one-size-fits-all' cursor scheme, which will fit most eye sight needs, for most. As we explained in a previous tutorial, you can, without going into the details of each theme; as you'll learn in this tutorial, you can not only use mouse pointer schemes to make your cursor larger, but Windows 7 also includes (as did Vista and XP) a feature that allows you to locate the position of your cursor on screen at any given time by hitting a one-key keyboard shortcut. • In this Windows 7 tutorial: • •. Use large or extra large cursors in Windows 7 First to make your cursors bigger with a mouse pointer scheme: • The first way in which you can make your cursors easier to see on screen is to use one of the mouse pointer schemes that ships with Windows 7: • Click on the start menu, and type ' mouse pointer' in the search field • Select the ' Change how the mouse pointer looks' link in the search results: • Windows 7 will open the Mouse Properties dialog: make sure that the ' Pointers' tab is selected. • Under ' Scheme', Windows lists all cursor themes currently installed and available to your computer. • Click on the dropdown menu, and choose ' Windows Aero (large) (system Scheme)' - this cursor theme is the same as the default, but in a larger version: you can see the preview being updated in the scroll box below the dropdown - to try out 'live' the larger mouse pointers, click on ' Apply'. Activity Monitor, the utility that comes with Mac OS X, is a pretty solid system statistics monitor. You can see CPU, memory, network, and disk activity/usage, plus it breaks down everything by task. Best system monitor for mac windows 10. Monitoring the activity, capacity, and health of hosts and applications, both on-premise and in the cloud, is the focus of system monitoring. Here we'll look at 6 of the best free system monitoring tools for Windows and Linux. The CPU widget can show up as a graph, percentage, or a thermometer. Just beware that MenuMeters monitors CPU thread as well as cores. If you have a quad-core Mac, just the CPU monitoring can take up half the menu bar. Hot tip: Some of menu bar’s widgets, including system and MenuMeter widgets are movable. Here's a List of the Best System Monitoring Tools and Software: Solarwinds SAM (Server & Application Monitor; PRTG by Paessler; OPManager by ManageEngine; Nagios; WhatsUp Gold; Zabbix; Spiceworks; Windows users deal with a large variety of options when it comes to systems monitoring tools. ![]() • If you want to use an even bigger cursor, select the largest cursor theme that ships with Windows 7, ' Windows Aero (extra large) (system Scheme)', available under the same dropdown menu. • Once you are satisfied with the size of the larger mouse pointer scheme, click OK to start using it. Locate your cursor on screen (circle animation) In addition to being able to use larger cursors in Windows 7, you can also enable an accessibility option that lets you find easily where your mouse pointer is on the screen. • Open the start menu, and type ' cursor easier to see' • Click on the ' Make it easier to see the mouse pointer' link: • When Windows 7 opens the Mouse Properties dialog, make sure that the ' Pointer Options' tab is selected, and look at the last checkbox shown on that tab: • Check the ' Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key' checkbox, and click the Apply button to test the feature. • Now press and release the Control key on your keyboard (' Ctrl') - Windows 7 will display an animation of a circle centering in onto the current position of your mouse pointer (cursor). • If you like this option, click OK to close the Mouse Properties dialog. • Otherwise, uncheck the ' Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key' checkbox and click OK to disable that setting and return to Windows. Symptoms Mouse cursor does not automatically get captured when moving over virtual machine window. Cause One of the probable reasons for this problem is that the Smart Mouse option is set to 'Optimize for games'. It is the very feature that determines, whether mouse pointer is hovering over Virtual Machine window and automatically switches, if necessary, the area of its operation. Resolution • Click on Actions in the top menu bar > Configure. • Go to Hardware > Mouse & Keyboard Set Smart Mouse option to 'Auto-detect for games' or 'Don't optimize for games' If the issue persists then follow the below mentioned steps.
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