Transparent mouse under touch screen

[BillW50]

I only have been using touch screens with Windows 7 and Windows 8 for
under a month. So I am not an expert or anything. But I accidentally
enabled a transparent mouse under Windows 7 and I don't know how I did
it. It makes using the Windows desktop really nice with your finger
(doesn't work with a stylist/pen). And my question is how did I do this
and can I enable this too under Windows 8?

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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12
Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 7 SP1

[Rob]

On 26/12/2012 7:52 AM, BillW50 wrote:
> I only have been using touch screens with Windows 7 and Windows 8 for
> under a month. So I am not an expert or anything. But I accidentally
> enabled a transparent mouse under Windows 7 and I don't know how I did
> it. It makes using the Windows desktop really nice with your finger
> (doesn't work with a stylist/pen). And my question is how did I do this
> and can I enable this too under Windows 8?
>

control panel - ease of access.

[BillW50]

On 12/25/2012 9:37 PM, Rob wrote:
> On 26/12/2012 7:52 AM, BillW50 wrote:
>> I only have been using touch screens with Windows 7 and Windows 8 for
>> under a month. So I am not an expert or anything. But I accidentally
>> enabled a transparent mouse under Windows 7 and I don't know how I did
>> it. It makes using the Windows desktop really nice with your finger
>> (doesn't work with a stylist/pen). And my question is how did I do this
>> and can I enable this too under Windows 8?
>>
>
> control panel - ease of access.

Good guess, but it wasn't there. I went on the Windows 7 machine and I
found it under "Pen and Input Devices" and under the Touch tab. And it
is a toggle that is called "touch pointer". Then I went to the Windows 8
machine same place and the tab is there, but no touch pointer option.
:-( Here is what it looks like on the screen, except it is transparent
on the screen.

http://res1.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/Windows%20Vista/main/efc0c556-6314-4825-8fe7-648e293d4bfa_14.png

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12
Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 7 SP1