My Cursor Keeps Turning White in Microsoft Word Without Typing

Anonymous
2022-08-15T21:33:58+00:00

My cursor keeps turning white in Microsoft Word 2016 (I bought lifetime access), even without typing. I already tried changing the cursor settings so that it wouldn't disappear when typing, but that didn't do anything. After a few seconds the text selection cursor will turn white, and, if I hover over dark text, I can see the cursor outline. This has been happening in multiple documents, so not an isolated incident.

This started after a Microsoft update which forced me to log back into my Microsoft account to use Word about a week or two ago. I've tried everything I can find on the internet, but no luck yet. It's very hard to get work done if I can't see my cursor in Word, so what do I need to do to fix this issue so I can get back to work?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-12-03T13:59:23+00:00

    Your guys inference are quite helpful. I have also done some research on my colleagues' PCs; following are conclusions.

    1. AMD GPU drivers may be blamed, no matter a integrated or dedicated card. When AMD GPU is the only effective GPU, this issue happens.
    2. This issue only occurs on Win11, it ok on Win 10.
    3. This issue relates to multiple overlay function of the GPU.
    4. I have contacted AMD supports , waiting for reply.

    More detail and discussion can be found on AMD community.

    https://community.amd.com/t5/drivers-software/text-select-pointer-goes-to-being-white-colored-when-hovering/m-p/559078/thread-id/164111

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-04T12:53:27+00:00

    And for me, the issue is in every application. not just restricted to microsoft word.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-12-04T13:10:46+00:00

    And for me, the issue is in every application. not just restricted to microsoft word.

    Have you modified the REG file? If it still does not work, you may try the methods in this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hN8LrGogzY

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-12-04T14:09:06+00:00

    Fix no. 2 stated in the video has worked. But the I beam looks a bit different.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-12-04T14:28:55+00:00

    Use beam_rm may be better

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