Windows 10: Cursor Blinks/Refreshes rapidly & keystroke lag

Discus and support Cursor Blinks/Refreshes rapidly & keystroke lag in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; When creating a new email, editing document, the cursor blinks so fast as if someone is pressing the f5 refresh key repeatedly. Another issue is lag... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Sopher, Mar 3, 2015.

  1. Sopher Win User

    Cursor Blinks/Refreshes rapidly & keystroke lag


    When creating a new email, editing document, the cursor blinks so fast as if someone is pressing the f5 refresh key repeatedly.

    Another issue is lag time in typing. Even typing this new post, The characters don't show up as I type, but then eventually do.


    running: Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro (i7/8/256gb-ssd)
    Win10 TP 9926

    :)
     
    Sopher, Mar 3, 2015
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  2. BulldogXX Win User

    Why does my cursor keep blinking?

    The cursor has been blinking ever since DOS. That's how you easily know where keystrokes will be entered.

    I'll bet there are people here who remember blinking cursors even from before DOS.

    You can change the blink speed and even stop blinking altogether, if decades of computing tradition mean nothing to you, in Control Panel > Keyboard > Speed tab > Cursor blink rate.

    P.S. In DOS the cursor was a blinking box.
     
    BulldogXX, Mar 3, 2015
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  3. CLOUDXXXX Win User
    Mouse cursor problem

    I have come across a frustrating issue where my mouse will blink rapidly as I move it across the screen but what weirder is that there is a mouse cursor inside a circle on my desktop that I can't seem to figure out how to remove

    Any help to remove this random issue would be appreciated thanks
     
    CLOUDXXXX, Mar 3, 2015
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  4. Cursor Blinks/Refreshes rapidly & keystroke lag

    Check your Keyboard properties in Control Panel.

    Adjust the values until you find a best fit for you.


    Cursor Blinks/Refreshes  rapidly & keystroke lag [​IMG]
     
    Slartybart, Mar 3, 2015
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  5. Sopher Win User
    No dice.

    The cursor alternates very rapidly between a regular edit cursor | and the WIndows small blue circle. Plus the sporadic delay of the keyboard buffer.

    It's as if Win10 is refreshing the screen many times per second or its searching for something or its saving something.

    It happens in word, Outlook 2010 and outlook 2013 ( I downgraded from 2013 to 2010).
    Wordpad seems ok.
     
    Sopher, Mar 3, 2015
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  6. usasma Win User
    Try looking at Event Viewer for errors that repeat frequently.
    Also try looking at Task Manager and Resource Monitor for repeating/high usage events

    Try DISM/SFC:
    Code: Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth[/quote] Code: Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth[/quote] FYI - I have repaired systems using the last command even though problems weren't found with the first 2 - so I suggest running them all.

    From this article: Repair a Windows Image

    You can also run sfc.exe /scannow from an elevated (Run as administrator) Command Prompt to check for further corruption.
    [/quote] Try a Refresh of the system (it'll probably require reinstalling Office).
     
    usasma, Mar 6, 2015
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  7. Just to confim ... this issue only affects MS Office applications?

    You might be on to something - what is the autosave frequency in Office - change it even it if seems reasonable. Development code doesn't always 'see' the value until it is nudged (changed).

    Have you tried the Office preview releases available on the Store (beta)? Same issue?
     
    Slartybart, Mar 7, 2015
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  8. Sopher Win User

    Cursor Blinks/Refreshes rapidly & keystroke lag

    I thought i had this licked. Still no dice. If any part of MS prodcts come up as not yet activated, I had a theory that this was causing it when the app tries to phone home. cured those ills, and after two days it came back. I have confirmed its issolated to MSoffice Outlook and Word. Doesn't matter if Office 2010 or 2013. It make new email in outlook nearly impossible.
     
    Sopher, Apr 4, 2018
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