Windows 10: Mouse cursor rapidly flickers back and forth between regular cursor and "waiting" cursor

After the most recent Windows 11 update, my mouse cursor is flickering rapidly back and forth between the regular pointer cursor, and the regular pointer cursor with a blue "waiting" circle. It's as if something in Windows keeps trying to do something, but gives up almost immediately, and then almost immediately tries again, over and over and over. Nothing appears to be broken or nonfunctional per se, but it's extremely annoying and probably indicative of something not working right somewhere.There are some parts of some programs where the cursor functions normally. In Chrome, for example,

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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.

 

Cursor flickering

My cursor is flickering like crazy. I'm running Windows 10, latest updates installed. I'm on a Lenovo laptop, but I don't know the model. I've already tested multiple mice.

To be more specific, the cursor disappears completely when I'm not moving it. When using a mouse and moving it, the cursor appears but flickers. Clicking still works. When I use the mousepad on the laptop, the cursor isn't visible, and it doesn't work at
all.

Also, if I hover over the start bar at the bottom, it looks like the tip of my cursor is pointed toward the Cortana button - not highlighting it, just very close to it. But if I move my mouse, it disappears.

I've tried several other answer forums and a few tricks but nothing has worked; I've found that my "symptoms" are extremely unique - it's very rare in my experience that an external mouse will still work when the laptop's mousepad won't.

 

What is Hardware Cursor in Wİtcher 3 ?

from what i can make out it,, turning hardware cursor on disables mouse acceleration



edit: found this

Sluggish or erratic mouse controls? In the graphics options, enable Hardware Cursor. This will use RawInput from your mouse, and will hopefully correct any issues you’re having with the mouse cursor.