XP SP3 in VBox and mouse cursor

[SurgeonX1]

I use in Win 7 WBox mit Win XP SP3.
In one system the red mouse cusor comes with a white symbol of sandglass;
I dont know why, this is not from windows.

Any idea ??

[mpack]

"red mouse cursor"? I have no idea what that refers to. Make sure the Guest Additions are installed.

If you need to continue this conversation then please provide a VM log file. With the VM fully shut down, right click it in the GUI. Select "Show Log" and save "VBox.log" (no other file) to a zip file. Attach the zip here.

[SurgeonX1]

In Win XP SP3 you get some mouse cursors to choose. But you can use others by copy into the folder cursors. So I chosed a red one. But by that there comes a white sandglass symbol directly attached to the red arrow.
And I do not know why or where it comes from !
I does not come by system Win XP.

By that the whole system VBox and Windows XP works normal without faults.

[socratis]

It most definitely doesn't come from VirtualBox. Just because an OS/program that runs in the context of VirtualBox has a problem, it doesn't make it a VirtualBox problem necessarily. You're having an issue that has most probably nothing to do with VirtualBox, so my suggestion would be to treat it as such, as a native problem with the OS or the application of the guest.

[mpack]

Every application in Windows can define it's own custom cursors, include custom busy cursors if it wants. That may be what is happening here.

If the log file I asked for had been provided I may have been able to do more than just speculate.

[socratis]

Every application in Windows can define it's own custom cursors, include custom busy cursors if it wants.

True, except that VirtualBox doesn't define its custom cursors, it uses the system/user's defaults.

That may be what is happening here.

According to the user, they provided their own cursors:

But you can use others by copy into the folder cursors. So I chosed a red one.

[mpack]

I am talking about programmers creating their own cursors with a resource editor, and embedding that resource in their apps. I'm not talking about users selecting fancy cursors in a dialog. Also, I'm talking about standard of Windows, not what VirtualBox provides.

VirtualBox may override the cursor if cursor integration is enabled. Before I speculate on that I first need to know if the GAs are installed.