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Ad,

Thanks for the reply.

Can someone confirm that this is ONLY a dual screen issue?

Pete

Hi Pete,
Had a disappearing cursor when running an Opus pub on a Compaq r3003 P4 notebook running Vista.
however this notebook was not "Vista ready".

Paul

Hi Paul,

That's interesting - so it could just be a vista thing as opposed to vista on two screens?

Pete

Hi Pete,
I think it's more related to Vista running on hardware that was not primarily designed for it, even if the hardware manufacturer says it was. The two screens just throws in another variable that I doubt many hardware manufacturers test for.

paul

Hi,
As far as I know it's only a Vista problem with a dual screen. I've tested my pubs on all kind of machines. New and old laptops, old and new standalones, XP and Vista machines. The only time the cursor disappears is on a dual screen machine. I have not tested all graphic boards of course.

I hope this helps.

Ad

Checked my notes -- the notebook I was using was running a pre release version of Vista, RC1.
So I think you can ignore that one.

Paul

Looks like I hit the "quote" button
Sorry about the extra post.

Paul

I think with the number of people using dual screen systems increasing, this may be a problem that we will not be able to ignore for long.
Sacrificing DirectX could only create more problems (and judging from the previous posts already is)
I think we need some kind of solution here people!

DW - any thoughts?

Pete

Sorted with version 6.3

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Thank you DW

Awesome

Pete

Good to know -- I'm looking forward to playing with it.

Paul

Like everyone else, I have just come across this problem and as I am developing a range of dual screen programmes this is a bit critical and it is no good asking customers to tweak their machines, even if that does work!

I am therefore looking forward to the latest version.

However there is another problem with Vista. I have produced a dual screen role play using old MPEG1 video clips. The clips will not run properly on the projector screen, only the occasional one gets shown. The primary screen displays them with no problems. Any ideas on this one would be greatly appreciated.