I have a Sony Vaio Laptop P3-800/256meg ram/20gig/Intel graphics chip. If I use any cursors OTHER THAN the "Windows Default" cursors, the cursor will blink during processor activity. For example, during page-loads on the internet. Looking in the registry, the default cursors do not have a .cur extension but seem to be buried in some system file. I have installed the latest graphics drivers from Intel. There is, however, one way to keep the cursors from blinking. If I open up a file in RealPlayer, and then close RealPlayer, the cursor will not blink. I note that even when RealPlayer is closed, it really isn't closed, Ctl-Alt-Del says it is still an active task. If I cancel RealPlay in this window, the cursor will blink again. I would like to avoid having to leave RealPlayer open, since it has a habit of downloading update requests when I am online. Any thoughts appreciated..pav78