Hourglass flickering in Windows XP

next to my cursor arrow theres a hourglass than flickering... what for?

Hi Juan,

1. find the hourglass using any specific application?

2 did you have any software or changes to the material on the computer before this problem?

The hourglass in Windows XP is a Visual tool used to indicate when the computer is "thinking," commonly used when a program is loaded into memory. An hourglass which refuses to disappear after loading XP indicates a late start development program. Solve the problem by turning off unnecessary startup programs on your computer (this improvement of the speed of your XP machine in the process).

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