How to stop blue circle from appearing behind my mouse when I move it

Question

Hi, I've been using my Asus Zenbook duo for around 3 months now and I have a recurring issue. If I move my mouse about too fast on the screen, a blue circle will start to pulse behind my mouse (not like a loading circle). This is especially frustrating when I am trying to play games as it involves a lot of fast movements which sets off this circle. I've looked everywhere to try and solve this issue and there seems to be nothing documenting it online. I've attached a screenshot below of what it looks like. Thanks!

Answer 1

I spent HOURS looking into this. I thought it was any number of things: accessibility setting, PowerToys not properly uninstalling, on and on and on. But, if you notice, that circle is the same color as the Asus blue. Go to your ScreenPad Control Panel and go into settings. Click Window Control, and then click the toggle next to Cursor Locator. If it's turned off, poof, the circle goes away. I really hope this saves you some headache.

Answer 2

For me "Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key" is off, but a circle still appears. Any other ideas?

Answer 3

Hello

Thank you for your question and reaching out.

The cursor's blue circle denotes background processing. For instance, when you launch Edge, it starts some processes in the background to ensure peak performance, hence the circle. Rest assured that's fine and you don't need to do anything.

then access the Control Panel. Uncheck the box next to "Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key" under the "Pointer Options" tab. For your computer to save the changes, click "Apply" and "OK."

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/spinning-blue-circle-next-to-mouse-pointer/ad08de02-29a0-4bf5-bdcd-fbb1370d5a0d?page=2

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Answer 4

I switch back and forth between Windows and Mac, so I went ahead and installed Windows PowerToys app to remap: [Win]+[c] --> [Ctrl]+[c] & [Win]+[v] --> [Ctrl]+[v]
(so both [Win]+[c] & [Ctrl]+[c] will result in copy)
(so both [Win]+[v] & [Ctrl]+[v] will result in paste)

I discovered that PowerToy Settings has it's own version of Enable Find My Mouse on by default. So to Fix it I opened PowerToy Settings --> Mouse utilities --> Enable Find My Mouse --> Toggle Off.