   blinking cursor
  when runing in a window my cursor blinksi know this has something to do with the shadowi would like to know how to turn the shadow off without going to the control panel 
  maybe you are using ShowCursor(true) and(false) very frequently, just check it...edit: or just try to set anotjer cursor (loadCursor etc...)   [edited by - exa_einstein on February 4, 2004 6:04:07 AM];  thanx ;  To turn off the mouse shadow, you need to use the Win32 SystemParametersInfo function with the SPI_SETCURSORSHADOW argument, like so:SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETCURSORSHADOW, 0, TRUE, 0);  Send 0 for the last parameter if don''t want to permanently effect the change, and don''t forget to change it back for the rest of the user''s session when your program is finished ...   Windows 95 - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can''t stand 1 bit of competition.    