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    Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
      last edited by

      So only one user, only one machine? Definitely consider that this is a malware byproduct. Mostly tongue in cheek that it could be HP's own, that's just a funny coincidence I assume. But this is the kind of thing that malware often does.

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      • MattSpellerM
        MattSpeller
        last edited by

        Eliminate some potential issues here

        boot it from a usb stick with some flavour of linux

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        • AmbarishrhA
          Ambarishrh @scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          @scottalanmiller I tried with another non admin user and had the same issue

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          • AmbarishrhA
            Ambarishrh @MattSpeller
            last edited by

            @mattspeller said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

            Eliminate some potential issues here

            boot it from a usb stick with some flavour of linux

            No issues when logged in as admin

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            • AmbarishrhA
              Ambarishrh @Ambarishrh
              last edited by

              @ambarishrh said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

              @mattspeller said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

              Eliminate some potential issues here

              boot it from a usb stick with some flavour of linux

              No issues when logged in as admin

              And goes off if i give my user admin access as well, but i don't want to do that as a solution

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              • MattSpellerM
                MattSpeller @Ambarishrh
                last edited by

                @ambarishrh said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

                @mattspeller said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

                Eliminate some potential issues here

                boot it from a usb stick with some flavour of linux

                No issues when logged in as admin

                Software issue then.

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                • AmbarishrhA
                  Ambarishrh
                  last edited by

                  Just trying to figure out what could be causing this!

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                  • MattSpellerM
                    MattSpeller @Ambarishrh
                    last edited by

                    @ambarishrh said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

                    Just trying to figure out what could be causing this!

                    My rule of thumb is 30 minutes to solve any software issue that I could resolve via nuke/pave. Yeah, I nuke a lot of them but god damn it I never have to go back and fiddle or redo things or otherwise faff about.

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                    • dafyreD
                      dafyre @MattSpeller
                      last edited by

                      @mattspeller said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

                      @ambarishrh said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

                      Just trying to figure out what could be causing this!

                      My rule of thumb is 30 minutes to solve any software issue that I could resolve via nuke/pave. Yeah, I nuke a lot of them but god damn it I never have to go back and fiddle or redo things or otherwise faff about.

                      Faffing about is half the fun!

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @MattSpeller
                        last edited by

                        @mattspeller said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

                        @ambarishrh said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

                        Just trying to figure out what could be causing this!

                        My rule of thumb is 30 minutes to solve any software issue that I could resolve via nuke/pave. Yeah, I nuke a lot of them but god damn it I never have to go back and fiddle or redo things or otherwise faff about.

                        Mine is a bit less. Clean installs have so many advantages.

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

                          HP has been caught this week deploying malware to machines. Unlikely to be related, but possible.

                          Actually, it could be related, some users have reported that the spyware service is eating their system resources by rerunning tasks all the time in the background.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                            last edited by

                            @jaredbusch said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

                            HP has been caught this week deploying malware to machines. Unlikely to be related, but possible.

                            Actually, it could be related, some users have reported that the spyware service is eating their system resources by rerunning tasks all the time in the background.

                            I was thinking it sounded a bit crazy, but it really is the kind of thing you hear about with services like that.

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                            • ObsolesceO
                              Obsolesce
                              last edited by Obsolesce

                              Try this:

                              1. Find the file %SystemDrive%\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache\WebCacheV01.dat
                              2. Add the local "BUILTIN\Users" group "Full Control" permissions to that file.

                              If it works, it will take effect immediately and you'll immediately notice a difference. If it doesn't work, just remove the permissions and group you just added.

                              This fixes an issue with Windows 10 specifically. So if you aren't running Win10, don't bother.

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                              • RojoLocoR
                                RojoLoco
                                last edited by

                                Ditch the spyware laden HP garbage and buy something better...

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                                • AmbarishrhA
                                  Ambarishrh @Obsolesce
                                  last edited by

                                  @tim_g said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

                                  Try this:

                                  1. Find the file %SystemDrive%\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache\WebCacheV01.dat
                                  2. Add the local "BUILTIN\Users" group "Full Control" permissions to that file.

                                  If it works, it will take effect immediately and you'll immediately notice a difference. If it doesn't work, just remove the permissions and group you just added.

                                  This fixes an issue with Windows 10 specifically. So if you aren't running Win10, don't bother.

                                  It is Windows 10, tried the above steps but didn't help

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                                  • AmbarishrhA
                                    Ambarishrh @Ambarishrh
                                    last edited by

                                    This.. is what i am going through! 🙂

                                    https://imgur.com/a/iwgCC

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @Ambarishrh
                                      last edited by

                                      @ambarishrh said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

                                      This.. is what i am going through! 🙂

                                      https://imgur.com/a/iwgCC

                                      Lia4Ee8.gif

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                                      • AmbarishrhA
                                        Ambarishrh
                                        last edited by

                                        I installed spiceworks on my laptop to check something and uninstalled it now. The mouse pointer flickering issue is stopped but explorer flickering still remains!

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                                        • AmbarishrhA
                                          Ambarishrh @Ambarishrh
                                          last edited by

                                          @ambarishrh said in Weird blinking mouse pointer issue on my work laptop:

                                          I installed spiceworks on my laptop to check something and uninstalled it now. The mouse pointer flickering issue is stopped but explorer flickering still remains!

                                          May be the explorer flickering is something else related to windows 10, as i could see few posts about the same, but wondering why spiceworks could be the cause for this issue on a non admin user.

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                                          • AmbarishrhA
                                            Ambarishrh
                                            last edited by Ambarishrh

                                            Explorer flickering and mouse icon flickering were unrelated as i suspected!

                                            Final Solution that worked for me:

                                            Mouse flickering issue fix: Uninstall Spiceworks (Suspecting it was trying to run something and may be crashing due to lack of admin rights)

                                            For Windows explorer flickering issue, i just disabled the "preview pane" and it fixed that problem as well!

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