mouse cursor keep flashing as busy constantly

Anonymous
2013-01-21T07:22:29+00:00

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

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures

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Anonymous
2013-07-24T03:37:41+00:00

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:

  1. Go to TaskManager
  2. Click CPU% tab to sort the highest usage task to top
  3. Find the process with name *spool* or *spooler* in it
  4. 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
2015-04-11T22:39:41+00:00

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
2014-09-30T20:46:22+00:00

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
2014-06-07T21:50:22+00:00

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

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-08-20T16:16:23+00:00

    In my case it was the Apple iCloud plugin for Outlook causing the problem on my Windows 10 machine.  The issue started after upgrading from Windows 7.  I disabled it in Outlook 2013 by going to File->Options->Add-ins, select "COM Add-ins" in the drop down box by "Manage:" near the bottom of the window (you will probably find it already selected by default) and click on the "Go..." button.  Uncheck the box by "iCloud Outlook Add-in" and click OK.  If that doesn't fix it, or you do not have the iCloud add-in, I would try disabling any others that you may not need - in particular third party non-Microsoft related plug-ins.  Good luck!

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