You may find that when connecting to a Windows computer running VNC Server that a dot is shown instead of the mouse cursor. This is typically seen when the VNC Server computer either has no mouse attached to it, or no displays connected.
To resolve this, you can either attach a mouse and/or monitor to the VNC Server computer, or try the below setting on the VNC Server computer:
- Windows 10:
- Click "Start" > "Settings" > "Ease of Access" > "Mouse" > Enable "Use numeric keypad to move mouse around the screen".
- Windows 7:
- Open "Control Panel" > "Mouse" > Select the "Pointer Options" tab > Check or uncheck the box for "Display pointer trails" > Click "Apply".
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Thank you Jack. This also fixes the issue of mouse hover not working, which was driving me nuts. Also - thank your SEO folks because this fix was really easy to find with my search engine.
Hi Jack! I am using Windows 10 21H1 - there I don't have the option "Use numeric keypad to move mouse around the screen".
May the changed/removed it with an update?
Is there any other way to resolve this annoying mouse cursor dot issue on actual Win10?
Thx for help - BR Tom
Hi Tom,
I can see the option on my device running Windows 10 21H2 - it has been slightly renamed to "Turn on Mouse Keys to use the numeric keypad to move the mouse pointer"
Do you see this option?
Thanks,
Jack
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