Turn off cursor pointer for touch use

Unfortunately I have the exact same problem and it was impossible for me to solve it.

I already tried all of the solutions in this link, but the best I acheived was to get rid of the circles that animate around a touch point. This is not enough for me.

What I want to acheive is to get rid of the diamond cursor that appears once I touch the screen. More specifically, what really messes up my software is this effect of fading out of the diamond cursor, once the touch has stopped. While fading out, the cursor is still affecting the area below, making the software think that the screen is still being touched. On a real-time image manipulation application that I am using this tottaly messes with performance.

Is there at least some variable in the registry that enables me to set this fading out animation of the cursor to near zero??

thank you

You may be having troubles (or missing new features) with your device drivers, firmware, and/or software. Go to Device Manager by going to start / search box and type device manager and enter and then double-click on the program icon that appears.  Check each device for a red x, yellow ! or white ?.  These identify devices with problems (probably drivers, but also conflicts or something else).  Click on each for further details and troubleshooting tips.  If you need to get drivers (and you shoulddo so for the touchpad and mouse if you have both and any you have time to do - they may help in ways beyond just resolving this problem), do so from the computer vendor or device manufacturer (NOT from Microsoft Updates).  In fact, you should turn off automatic driver updates from Windows Update as follows: http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-disable-automatic-driver-installation-in-windows-vista/. Proceed as follows to get the drivers: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/driverssupport/ht/driverdlmfgr.htm.  Once you have the drivers, you can install them through Device Manager as follows:http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/193584-device-manager-install-driver.html.

This feature is not part of Vista.  If available, it will come with the drivers, firmware, and/or software for the touchpad and/or mouse.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!

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One tricky solution:

1. Turn the touch pointer on

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Turn-the-touch-pointer-on-or-off

2. control panel -> Mouse -> Pointer, substitute the icon of "Normal Select" with a blank cursor

Hi TheGreek20,

I would suggest you to visit the link below to know how to turn off touch pointer.

Turn the touch pointer on or off

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Turn-the-touch-pointer-on-or-off

Hope this information is helpful and let me know if you need any further assistance

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@Lorien - One

I don't need a manufacturer driver or update. I am looking for the native Windows functionality.

I am looking for the option in a Windows standard control panel item or with some registry trick, not from the manufacturer drivers. Several manufacturers (example Wacom) do not expose their own control panel and use native Windows functionality.

My assumption is that Elo and others access some internal Windows function to turn off the visible "mouse pointer". For Win7 and Vista touch, typically this would be from an HID Digitizer device with Touch collection but could also be an HID Mouse.

Any hints on where to look for native Windows function (not manufacturer driver-based) to turn off mouse and touch-digitizer pointers?