Windows 8 mouse pointer disappeared

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Hello...

I am using a 1 month old Toshiba laptop, running Windows 8 (upgraded from Windows 7, which was installed when purchased)

Until now, everything was working fine, but today, the mouse pointer just froze while browsing the internet.

I restarted the laptop(eventually after working out the keyboard shortcuts), and now the mouse pointer does not appear at all - I can only control things from the keyboard - which is very difficult.

When I shut down the laptop(the first time, with the frozen pointer), it installed updates, and when it came back on it configured those updates - so maybe this is something to do with it?

Please help - thank you!

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Anonymous

Thanks for sharing your experience. It worked for me. FN + F9 for Asus.

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Anonymous

Thank you for the very simple answer!! I have searched everywhere.

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Anonymous

Thank you so much. Mine disappeared and I pressed FN F9 and voila it's back! Windows 8.1 it is right next to F10 which is sound mute, which I meant to hit. Microsoft community is great.

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Anonymous

Thanks for this- just helped solve a problem I've been grappling all afternoon.

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Anonymous

You saved me from more hours of searching for this solution. I use the F5 button to refresh a program and would have never put the two issues together. Thanks for sharing your "embarrassing" find.

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Anonymous

Hello...

Thanks for your reply - it is much appreciated.

I have, however, recently resolved the problem - and the solution is a little embarrassing - but I'll share it here for the benefit of anyone else with the same issue.

Quite simply, one of the function keys on the laptop has a 'switch the mouse pointer on or off' feature. This is something I have never seen before, despite having used laptops since they were practically first available.

On my particular laptop (Toshiba Satellite L855) the F5 key does this. It has a picture which is hardly identifiable as a mouse with a line through it.

Press this (or press FN+F5 depending on you configuration), and hey presto... the cursor returns.

Thanks again - and hope this helps someone else.

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2014-10-11T04:57:00+00:00

Hello Gaby,

Go to Start, setting control panel, if you have windows 8.1 take your mouse cursor to the bottom Or top Right, when the metro interface opens, click on the control panel, Your Icons will be in alphabetical order.

Depending on which windows your running, in win 8.1 or Win 10 technical preview, its called programs and features, or add and remove programs on earlier Version's of Windows , once it opens scroll through the programs it says you have, look for adware or any programs you don't use, be careful not to delete any sound drivers or programs that you O.S. uses. My best guess is that you have a spyware program trying to install itself on your computer, you have to be careful in these days and ages on what you download,

at any rate. once you uninstall any programs you don't need, the computer might have to reboot a few times to get it all done, OK Once that's done let the program start that is trying to open a window in internet explorer, it should have a way to do a custom install, don't agree to there terms and it should go away, if it doesn't you will have to let it install and then go back and uninstall it just like I told you in add and remove programs I hope this help's you, Last but not least. I usually don't offer this.

But if that doesn't work. I would be willing to look at your p/c.

But I would need you to install team Viewer 9. then I could look for myself and try to see what's going on.

But First I don't work for Microsoft. and I am not looking to hack your system. team Viewer Just lets me look at it with out being there. and I could get a better idea on what's really going on.

Send Me a private email, and I will give you my phone number so we can do this.

If not I have done all I can do with out it.

******@aol.com

Take Care

Don
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