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**OldGrayGary** · 03-23-2009, 02:15 AM

Hi again

If it's still pretty close to the day this first appeared, you might be able to restore a saved Registry from a date just earlier than that (hopefully one will be available ... Windows saves 5 by default)

As your computer is powering on, start tapping the F8 key to produce the Safe Mode menu. Then choose "Safe Mode Command Prompt Only", and from the command prompt, type cd\windows\command and press Enter. From that command prompt, type scanreg /restore and press Enter. A good saved Registry will say "started" next to the date. If there's one old enough, it should help reverse the change in your cursors behavior.

Best of luck
. . . Gary

03-23-2009, 02:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
OldGrayGary Mentor, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Woodland Hills, CA Posts: 2,240 OS: Windows 98se/2000/XP/Vista	Re: Help!! Blinking Cursor is driving me Crazy Hi again If it's still pretty close to the day this first appeared, you might be able to restore a saved Registry from a date just earlier than that (hopefully one will be available ... Windows saves 5 by default) As your computer is powering on, start tapping the F8 key to produce the Safe Mode menu. Then choose "Safe Mode Command Prompt Only", and from the command prompt, type cd\windows\command and press Enter. From that command prompt, type scanreg /restore and press Enter. A good saved Registry will say "started" next to the date. If there's one old enough, it should help reverse the change in your cursors behavior. Best of luck . . . Gary __________________