mouse cursor keep flashing as busy constantly

Anonymous

hi,

I have a sony vaio 17" laptop.

yesterday I made some update of "Vaio Care". after that my mouse cursor is keep blinking with busy circle.

it show normal cursor when I type something or my mouse is on any line.

but when ever my mouse come on its default icon it start blinking

few months back I face same problem then I just restore it.

please help me to solve this problem

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Anonymous

I guess I have found the ultimate solution. There are many many threads on many forums about this issue but none have any specific solution but to take you off the route with unnecessary questions in return.

Solution:

Go to TaskManager
Click CPU% tab to sort the highest usage task to top
Find the process with name *spool* or *spooler* in it
Kill it (end process)

Reason: If you have tried to print a page/selection on a browser (especially Chrome) and due to some reason if the printer is not connected or having connection issues, you might have tried to print more than once. This print process/spool usually do not show in the systray. No matter how many times you reboot, it may not go away. On every restart, it picks the spool again causing flickering (whether the printer connection is fixed or not). So try the procedure above, this should fix the problem.

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Anonymous

For me it was the nvidia game center causing the flicker. I killed the nvidia update services and it worked.

Just posting this in case anyone else stumbles around the internet looking for an answer.

Windows 7 nVidia GeForce GTX 275 card

I had the same issue and disabled Nvidia Streamer Service and at last the flicker stopped :)

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Anonymous

Same problem dude. Then I run AVAST antivirus freeware, which smoothly conducted all the removal of malwares. Not busy anymore.

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Anonymous

THANK YOU SO MUCH, it helps me a lot and saved me from a headache.

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Anonymous

2013-01-22T02:46:19+00:00

Hi Satyanverma,

Thank you for choosing Windows 8 and for providing us an opportunity to assist you.

I understand that the mouse cursor keep flashing as busy after you have updated the “Vaio care”. I will try to help you resolve the issue.

Method 1: Perform clean boot to check whether it is a software conflict issue.

Putting your system in clean boot state helps in identifying if any third party applications or startup items are causing the issue. If yes, you may have to contact the program manufacturer for any updates or uninstall and re-install the program.

Clean boot:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Note: After clean boot troubleshooting step, follow the “Steps to configure Windows to use a Normal startup state” in the provided link to return your computer to Normal startup mode.

Method 2: Perform system maintenance troubleshooter. Follow these steps:

a) Press Windows key + W on the keyboard

b) Type Troubleshooter then click on Settings under the Search field

c) In Settings click on Find and Fix Problems

d) Click on System and security

e) Click System maintenance follow the prompts from there.

Make sure to update all the drivers to the latest Windows 8 drivers and also run Windows updates regularly.

Please post back if you are still experiencing the issue. I will be glad to provide you with the additional options available that you can utilize to get the issue resolved.
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