One of the easiest things to edit on Windows is the cursors, the typical arrow that moves on the screen depending on where you move the mouse. The cursor on windows not only has the appearance of the normal arrow that starts from the left corner to the top right corner but changes according to the use of the computer, it becomes an hourglass while waiting for the loading of a program, a straight line when writing, and arrows or double arrows when moving or resizing windows.
The mouse pointer can be changed on Windows by going to the control panel, the Mouse section, the Pointers tab and pressing Browse to choose a new one.
In Windows 7 and 8.1 you can also right click on the desktop and go to Personalize .
Windows offers several graphic themes to customize the cursor, to enlarge it or to use the black arrow but if you want a more imaginative look, then you can download a new package of themes to customize the mouse pointer .
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For each of the schemes indicated here, you can download a package that downloads a .zip file or a .rar file that contains the cursors divided into different sets and to be extracted with with a program to extract the archives.
In each folder there should be an Install.inf file on which you just need to right-click and then install the entire set of cursors.
When you go to Desktop Customization to change the pointer, the new set of cursors appears from the drop-down menu list, which you can then select and try.
If there is no .inf file or if you only want to change the main cursor, in the personalization window you can press the Browse button and then select the .ani or .cur file of the cursor you like.
So let's say that the best cursors and pointers to install on Windows are :
1) Metro X Cursor Set, perhaps the most beautiful and innovative among the 10 packages presented here with the pointer set of the next Windows 8.
2) New Mac OS X Cursors: If you like Mac graphics, you can use Apple's Mac OS X cursors on Windows.
There are several sets, all with the .inf file for quick installation.
3) Gant Cursor Pack: This is a popular set of cursors used to customize Windows, Linux and even smartphones.
There are 2 sets with different color combinations: yellow and blue.
4) UNDERsized is a set of small cursors.
5) Radium is a very futuristic set of animated cursors to give a spatial aspect to the PC.
6) Crystal Clear Cursors is an elegant graphic theme with clear and proportionate mouse pointers.
7) Mario Gant are cursors inspired by Super Mario Bros with little hands at the post of the darts.
8) Hello Cursor is for Hello Kitty fans, with pointers that have the face of the Japanese kitten.
This set does not contain an INF file and is not complete.
9) Direction: nice set of sliders that seem inspired by the film Tron, very hi-tech.
10) Oxygen Cursors is a set created for Linux and then brought to Windows and is the most popular icon of all time on DeviantArt.
There are 37 different color combinations all included in 7Z archives to be extracted with 7Zip.
11) Krystall are colored cursors (the INF file is missing):
If none of these should please you, on the DeviantArt website there are many other cursors to download and install on Windows 7, Vista and XP.
If you prefer to do it yourself, then you can use easy programs to create custom cursors and pointers .
