disappearing pointer with windows 8 touch screen laptop

Anonymous
2012-12-16T17:25:30+00:00

I just got an ACER v5-571 touch screen laptop.  I have no mouse and use mouse pad to move the pointer.  It worked great until today.  The pointer is no longer visible.  I set to use the ctl key to see where the pointer is.  It shows me where the pointer is located by a big circle.  I tried to change some mouse settings.  The pointer is still not visible.  Any suggestion?

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Anonymous
2013-01-02T18:34:00+00:00

I solved the mystery of disappearing pointer.  Suddenly remembered a few days before the disappearing of pointers, I was planning to show a movie via the hmdi port.  In the dark I played with some of the function keys.  Apparently I pressed the "hide the pointer" key (fn F7), next to the "two screens" key (fn + F6).   After press "fn" + F7 again.  The pointer returned.  No wonder all other suggestions failed to work.  I don't know if this info will help you, just to share.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-10-20T12:01:25+00:00

    That answer resolved our problem.

    Great. Son will be happy now. :-))

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-10-22T10:01:21+00:00

    Thank you for the solution. You are exactly right. I had also been experimenting with all the F keys in the dark and pressed fn + F7 making the pointer invisible. Pressing the same keys again makes the pointer visible. Thanks to all forum users and contributors.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-02-20T23:40:49+00:00

    Hi Can you tell me if I press the fn and then the f7 or do I press them simultaneously.  The disappearing mouse function is very frustrating.  It seems to come and go.  Thank you for any help

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-17T21:12:50+00:00

    Thank you so much for taking the time to answer this! Just got my mouse back!

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