

To start, use Win10 search (aka Cortana) to search for “pointer”: The good news is that Microsoft lets you tweak things to make it easier on your eyes anyway. Just don’t get any of these sort of “system” utilities. Turns out that a cursor extension is always running and can therefore capture and surreptitiously send any and all information you type in.

#How to change your cursor for to be larger on your pc install#
There are two ways you can tweak things to save your sanity in Microsoft Windows 10, but before we go there, let me warn you don’t download or install a “cursor utility” or any other program from the Web that promises to fix the problem or install a new, bigger cursor graphic for you! Why? Because that’s a classic vector for infecting your computer with malware. Not really, but it sure seems like it, particularly as you set a higher resolution for your display! Which leaves your little cursor and mouse pointer kinda shrinking over time. Get a 20″ screen or bigger and it can be crazy high resolution, up to 4K or more. Nowadays we can get computers with screen resolution that competes with budget printers and can run them at HD resolution (1800 x 1280) or much higher.

It couldn’t really get small because there wasn’t enough ‘density’ on screen to keep it all readable! Imagine: If you had a really old Win 95 computer running at 800 x 600, that cursor was going to be big and easy to read, as was the text. One of the unheralded consequences of better computers with bigger screens and higher screen resolution is that everything on the screen actually gets smaller in response.
