Windows 10: help .. stop magnifier from moving on me

I have had 2 microsoft support workers come onto my laptop to fix the magnifier that will NOT stop changing on me....won't stop...This problem all started when I had a update in June and think August...both times my pointer-curser disappeared... ( she )support had a real hard time finding the pointer.. which she never found - curser so she had someone else try to find curser... and the second was a guy and it took him 3 hours to fix and he was changing all kinds of things on my computer ....I believe he messed up this computer ... I've been having for a while now and it is driving me crazy...get some support that know how to fix problems !!! This magnifier IS NOT FIXED after 2 yes 2 different Microsoft support workers that come on my computer to fix the magnifier and they both said it is fixed and IS NOT FIXED...fed up let me tell you HELP HELP...I do not know much about computers and I feel this is so unfair that I have to go through problems always after a Windows up-date

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manage magnifier shortcut

Hey RXaverius,

I suggest you to follow the below steps to turn off the magnifier and check if it helps.

• Go to “settings” and click on “ease of access”.
• Then under the “magnifier” option “turn off” it.

Or also you can press the keys “Windows+Esc” and the magnifier will be closed.

For more information regarding magnifier refer to the below article and check if it helps.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-8/use-magnifier-see-items

Note: Also applies to Windows 10.

Hope this information is helpful.

 

magnifier on Windows 10

Hi David,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to turn off the magnifier and check if it helps.

• Go to “settings” and click on “ease of access”.
• Then under the “magnifier” option “turn off” it.

Or also you can press the keys “Windows+Esc” and the magnifier will be closed.

For more information regarding magnifier refer to the below article and check if it helps.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-8/use-magnifier-see-items

Note: Also applies to Windows 10.

Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

Windows 10 update broke MS magnifier

Hello,

To fix the issue with Magnifier, we suggest to turn it off and turn on your Magnifier. Here are the steps below:

• Press Start key.
• Click Settings.
  
• Select and click, Ease of Access.
• Select and click, Magnifier.
• Under Magnifier in the right pane, click off/on.

You may also try to Run Magnifier as administrator. If you don't know how, follow the steps below:

• Press Start key.
• Type Magnifier.
• Right-click Run as administrator.
• If there's a pop-up about User Account Control, you have to type your
  Username and Password to continue.
• Click Yes.

Let us know what happened.

Regards.