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XP SP3 in VBox and mouse cursor
Posted: 6. Jul 2018, 12:57
by 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 ??
Re: XP SP3 in VBox and mouse cursor
Posted: 6. Jul 2018, 14:54
by 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.
Re: XP SP3 in VBox and mouse cursor
Posted: 8. Jul 2018, 11:57
by 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.
Re: XP SP3 in VBox and mouse cursor
Posted: 8. Jul 2018, 16:06
by 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.
Re: XP SP3 in VBox and mouse cursor
Posted: 8. Jul 2018, 17:05
by 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.
Re: XP SP3 in VBox and mouse cursor
Posted: 8. Jul 2018, 17:54
by socratis
mpack wrote: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.
mpack wrote:That may be what is happening here.
According to the user, they provided their own cursors:
SurgeonX1 wrote:But you can use others by copy into the folder cursors. So I chosed a red one.
Re: XP SP3 in VBox and mouse cursor
Posted: 9. Jul 2018, 10:55
by 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.