Windows 10: Win-H Dictation stops working, mouse is spinning circle when at top of screen.

I use the Microsoft Dictation feature Windows Key - H routinely, and I'm very happy that it exists. Unfortunately, it is not very stable. Problem: sometimes I can't click on browser tabs at the top of the screen, getting a spinning mouse wheel.Cause: it's because the Dictation bar crashed.Solution: Ctrl-Alt-Del, go to Task Manager, go to background processes, left-click on the "Microsoft Text Input Application", and End Task. This is similar to the 2021 problem outlined hereictation stops working and gets stuck on "initializing" - Microsoft CommunityThe dictation bar crashes and needs to b

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blue screen with spinning circle following reinstall of Win 10

Following a reset of my Toshiba Satellite laptop due to account login errors and then successful upgrade to Win 10 (laptop came with Win 8), I am now stuck with the blue screen/spinning circle. When I turn the laptop on, the sequence of screens I get are:
the Toshiba screen, black screen with spinning circle, lock screen. I can move the mouse, but if I click it to advance to log in, I get the blue screen with spinning circle. Turn the laptop off/on and I repeat the sequence getting stuck at the blue screen
again.

Suggestions?

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Spinning blue circle next to mouse pointer

This is an incredibly frustrating issue. I do a lot of screen capture recordings and I can't have my mouse arrow popping up a blue circle every 4 to 5 seconds. I'm not sure exactly when this started for me, but now that I'm ready to do some more recording
I'm noticing it constantly.

Here's a solution I've found to at least stop the blue circle:

• Start with the Microsoft suggestion of going to the mouse properties.
• Click on the "Pointers" tab.
• Select the "Working In Background" pointer and click on "Browse"
• Select the first mouse arrow option (the one that looks like a normal mouse arrow)

This doesn't get rid of whatever is causing the system to have to keep working in the background, but it will at least make the blue circle stop popping up.

 

Spinning blue circle next to mouse pointer

I did a quick video on this fix.