On Windows 11, you can adjust your mouse pointer speed to make it slower or faster on your computer, depending on your ...

Press the DPI switch button once and move the mouse. If the cursor speed changes, you’ve found the cause. Cycle through the ...

Click on Devices. Go to Touchpad. Go to Change the cursor speed and use the slider to increase or decrease it. That is how you can change the cursor speed on a Windows 11 or 10 computer.

For example, [Joren] recently built a human interface device that lets him control a computer’s cursor using a flute instead of the traditional mouse.

In other cases, you can use mouse settings on your Windows 11/10 computer to change pointer speed and then use some DPI analyzer tool to calculate the actual or average mouse DPI.

In numerical terms, DPI doesn't require any complex conversions. A mouse with its DPI set to 900 means the cursor will graze across 900 pixels on the screen if it is moved 1-inch on a flat surface.

Small pieces of computer code that control the mouse (a.k.a. drivers) can become corrupted or outdated if you have an older computer. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

You can use that to configure a global hotkey for hiding or revealing the mouse cursor on your Mac. The default is Option-Control-K. By default, the cursor will reappear when you move your mouse.

If you can’t find the .icons folder, create it. Then, keep all your cursor theme folders within it. Each of the mouse cursor themes contains a “cursors” folder having mouse pointer icons and an “index ...