

Result: Notice the mouse cursor cannot be seen in the Window. Hover the mouse cusor over the source editor window.

Choose Tools/Options/Fonts and Colors, and change the Text Editor settings for Plain Text to have a black background and a green foreground.ĥ. Install Visual Studio 2005 Professional and all necessary service packs for Vista.ģ. The two mentioned have been tested by the author of this comment.)Ģ. (Or use another laptop or hardware where the problem occurs. Install Windows Vista on either a Fujitsu A6020 or Dell Inspiron 9400. For example, Visual Studio 2005, Visual SlickEdit, and other applications.ġ. This happens in several applications which can be configured to have a black background. When both the background and the mouse are black, the mouse cursor cannot be seen.

On Windows Vista the mouse cursor is black when enter windows of some applications that have a black background. If they don't get it there, I hope someone from Microsoft (or a forum moderator) will forward the following report. I sent the following bug report via Microsoft's web site today. Has anyone seen a hotfix or resolution to this cursor issue? I use a black background in some applications as well, and it is a pain because on Vista the mouse cursor disappears in many cases.
