Display Pointer Trails

For better visibility of the mouse pointer, you can set Windows XP to display pointer trails on Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screens. You can also change the length of the pointer trail. This procedure tells you how to display pointer trails through Mouse Properties in Control Panel.

Mouse actions

Keyboard actions

On the Start menu:

Select Control Panel

Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key ).

Select Control Panel by pressing C.

In Control Panel:

Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View.
Select Mouse.

In Control Panel:

Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
Press ENTER.
Move to Mouse by pressing the arrow keys.
Press ENTER.

In the Mouse Properties dialog box:

Select the Pointer Options tab.

In the Mouse Properties dialog box:

Select the Pointer Options tab by pressing CTRL+TAB.

On the Pointer Options tab, under Visibility:

Select the Display pointer trails check box.
Select the length of the pointer trail by moving the arrow on the slider.
Select OK.

On the Pointer Options tab, under Visibility:

Select the Display pointer trails check box by pressing D.
To change the length of the pointer trail:
Press TAB to move to the slider.
Press the arrow keys to select a shorter or longer pointer trail.
Press ENTER.

To close Control Panel:

Select the Close button.

To close Control Panel:

Press ALT+F, C.

Control Panel: Mouse: Pointer Options tab: Visibility: Display pointer trails