Black circle around mouse pointer

[hamilcar]

Just reinstalled after a few years away. I think I played on this particular system before. WinXP SP2, Nvidia 6800. Program runs fine except there is a big black circle around my mouse pointer. I tried the compatibility modes to no avail. Any ideas?

[Master_Xan]

I think I've seen this before... do you have a box around your pointer, or is there a box where your pointer should be?

 

Already tried compatibility mode... what sort of mouse are you using? Or more specifically, does it have it's own software, like Intelipoint (sp) ?