Windows 10: Change Mouse Cursor Speed in Windows

How to: Change Mouse Cursor Speed in Windows

How to Change Mouse Cursor Speed in Windows


If your pointer is moving too slow or fast for you, then you can easily select a pointer speed you want instead.

This tutorial will show you how to change the mouse pointer or cursor speed for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Change Mouse Cursor Speed in Settings
• Option Two: Change Mouse Cursor Speed in Control Panel
• Option Three: Change Mouse Cursor Speed in Registry Editor

OPTION ONE [/i] Change Mouse Cursor Speed in Settings
*note This option is only available starting with Windows 10 build 18963 and higher.

1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon.

2. Click/tap on Mouse on the left side, and adjust the Cursor speed slider left (slower) or right (faster) to the speed you want. (see screenshot below)

*tip Hovering the pointer over the slider will display the cursor speed level (1 to 20). The default cursor speed is level 10.

3. You can now close settings if you like.









OPTION TWO [/i] Change Mouse Cursor Speed in Control Panel
1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Mouse icon.


2. Click/tap on the Pointer Options tab, adjust the Select a pointer speed slider for how slow or fast you want it, and click/tap on OK.

*note The slider position in the screenshot below is the default setting.









OPTION THREE [/i] Change Mouse Cursor Speed in Registry Editor
1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type regedit into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.

2. Navigate to the key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse




3. In the right pane of the Mouse key, double click/tap on the MouseSensitivity string value (REG_SZ) to modify it. (see screenshot above)

4. Type a number between 1 (slow) to 20 (fast) for the pointer speed you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

*note 10 is the default pointer speed.



5. Close Registry Editor when finished.

6. restart the computer to apply.

That's it,
Shawn


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Change the cursor speed for Precision touchpad

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you want to set the cursor speed value more than 20. The valid range of values for the registry key that you want are trying to change is 0 to 20, with a default value of 10.



Note: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow
these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.



Follow the steps to take backup of registry.




For more information, you can refer the article
Precision touchpad tuning.



However, to increase the cursor speed you can change the mouse settings in Control Panel. Please follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Press Windows key + R, to open
   Run dialog box.
   
2. Type control and click on
   OK.
   
3. Select Large icons from the drop down for
   View by.
   
4. Click on Mouse.
   
5. Navigate to Pointer options tab and under
   Motion, move the slider towards right to change the cursor speed.
   
6. Click on Apply and OK.
   

Please reply with the status of the issue, we will be glad to help you further.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

CANT CHANGE MOUSE CURSOR

Hi Stan,

We suggest that you try the steps provided by Syed Abdul Jabbar on this
link on how to change the mouse cursor in Windows 10.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Click and drag keeps speeding up on touchpad

Hi,

Do you face this issue while moving the mouse cursor normally on the desktop screen?

If yes, I suggest you to follow the below steps in order to slow down the mouse cursor speed.

• Go to control panel.
• Click on mouse.
• under pointers options tab adjust the pointer speed, click
  apply and ok

let us know the status of the issue to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Mouse Cursor and pad cursor - Acer Aspire Lap Top.

Hi Tess,

Based on the description that you mentioned, you're having challenges controlling the mouse cursor. It looks like we will need more information about your concern in order to give the most appropriate advice. As such, please answer the following questions:

• Did make any changes to your computer prior to this issue (e.g. updating Windows operating system, hardware changes, etc.)?
• Can you please tell us more description of the behavior of the mouse cursor?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

In the meantime, we suggest that you refer to the link below for helpful tips and steps on how you can resolve this issue:

Mouse, touchpad, and keyboard problems in Windows

We also suggest that you update the drivers in
Windows 10 as this process will apply new features and fixes that are essential to your hardware drivers.

We're looking forward to your response.

 

No mouse cursor

Hi,

It is possible that the system did not recognize the mouse of your computer after it booted up. This can be the reason why you do not see the mouse cursor. Kindly perform a power cycle to refresh the power of the computer. To do this, follow these steps:

• Shutdown the computer.
• After shutting it down, remove the battery (if you're using a laptop) and disconnect the computer from the charger.
  
• Wait for 1 minute.
• After 1 minute, attach the battery and turn on the computer.
• Check if you will see the mouse cursor.

Let us know how it goes.