Gemstar GuidePlus 'Disappearing Mouse Pointer' FIX that SE..

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Thanks for the post, I have the "disappearing mouse pointer" problem from
day one.
tried the fix, it works. (so far at least)



"Hammer Toe" <HammerToe@online.com> wrote in message
news:jv56c09e8f57otemlncvi87vv6pbt403rq@4ax.com...
> Yesterday my system became afflicted (and NOT for the first time) with
> the above (and seemingly NOT infrequent and VERY annoying) problem
> (for MANY people....)
>
> NOTHING fancy about the system: ATI AIW9600 Pro; absolutely 'vanilla'
> system with LATEST OS Patches (Windows XP Pro), LATEST Video Drivers
> and MMC software from ATI's site AND LATEST version of GuidePlus, and
> NOTHING FANCY in terms of installed software. (The PC in question is
> used EXCLUSIVLEY for Multi-Media PVR/TV Recording/Playback functions
> and has virtually NOTHING on it in terms of SW beyond the OS and ATI
> SW.).
>
> What was REALLY annoying when the problem developed was that the
> system, Guideplus and the mouse, etc. had been working *****JUST FINE
> for several weeks up to and including Friday, June 4th***** and I had
> been using G+ to to schedule many recordings using the PVR
> functionality of the product and was VERY happy with it.
>
> Then SUDDENLY, yesteday morning (Sat. June 5th), the mouse pointer
> started vanishing.
>
> NOTE: NO CHANGES/NOTHING had been made to the system in the
> interim!!!!
>
> Well, I tried a LOT of things, everything sugggested on ATI's site,
> different mouse drivers, different mice, different mouse settings to
> disable hardware acceleration/support of the pointers, etc. and BOTTOM
> LINE - NOTHING WORKED.
>
> The mouse would ALWAYS disappear after about 4-5 seconds after being
> placed over GuidePlus AND the ONLY way I could get it back (and then
> EVEN THEN FOR ONLY A FEW SECONDS) was to VERY RAPIDLY 'SWIRL' the
> (unseen) Mouse Pointer over G+/the screen for SEVERAL SECONDS and it
> would (briefly) come back for a few seconds and then diappear again.
>
> To make a 'long story short': I did some extensive searching on the
> nett (Usenet News Group Archives) and stumbled across the following
> suggested fix THAT ACTUALLY SEEMS TO WORK.
>
> Now I can't guarantee that it will work for others BUT I can say that
> as soon as I did this mod, my GuidePlus Mouse behaviour returned to
> normal and ('touch wood') is still working.
>
> Here's the text of the fix/suggestion that I found - if it helps
> anyone, please post. (Again), this has been a LONG SUFFERING
> IRRITATION for MANY people and ATI to date seems to have been unable
> to resolve. (I think I'll Email this to them; maybe they can verify
> and/or EXPLAIN WHY it does/seem to,work - don't 'ask me').
>
> Here's the (suggested) fix I found - a registry mod (which again I
> cannot take credit for or explain):
>
>
****************************************************************************
*******
> I had the same problem and found this registry fix workaround in
> another group. This worked for me.
>
> Find this key in the registry and change the value to 3. Mine was set
> to 4 and the cursor kept disappearing.
>
> After I changed it to 3 it stopped disappearing.
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ATI
> Technologies\Multimedia\Features\TV\Display]
> "DisplaySize"=dword:00000003
>
> Mike...........
>
****************************************************************************
*
> Again: hope this helps somneone....

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This worked for me also.

Thanks

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By the way, Hammer, how do you like your AIW9600 Pro? Do you feel the lack
of DVI connection is significant?



"Hammer Toe" <HammerToe@online.com> wrote in message
news:jv56c09e8f57otemlncvi87vv6pbt403rq@4ax.com...
> Yesterday my system became afflicted (and NOT for the first time) with
> the above (and seemingly NOT infrequent and VERY annoying) problem
> (for MANY people....)
>
> NOTHING fancy about the system: ATI AIW9600 Pro; absolutely 'vanilla'
> system with LATEST OS Patches (Windows XP Pro), LATEST Video Drivers
> and MMC software from ATI's site AND LATEST version of GuidePlus, and
> NOTHING FANCY in terms of installed software. (The PC in question is
> used EXCLUSIVLEY for Multi-Media PVR/TV Recording/Playback functions
> and has virtually NOTHING on it in terms of SW beyond the OS and ATI
> SW.).
>
> What was REALLY annoying when the problem developed was that the
> system, Guideplus and the mouse, etc. had been working *****JUST FINE
> for several weeks up to and including Friday, June 4th***** and I had
> been using G+ to to schedule many recordings using the PVR
> functionality of the product and was VERY happy with it.
>
> Then SUDDENLY, yesteday morning (Sat. June 5th), the mouse pointer
> started vanishing.
>
> NOTE: NO CHANGES/NOTHING had been made to the system in the
> interim!!!!
>
> Well, I tried a LOT of things, everything sugggested on ATI's site,
> different mouse drivers, different mice, different mouse settings to
> disable hardware acceleration/support of the pointers, etc. and BOTTOM
> LINE - NOTHING WORKED.
>
> The mouse would ALWAYS disappear after about 4-5 seconds after being
> placed over GuidePlus AND the ONLY way I could get it back (and then
> EVEN THEN FOR ONLY A FEW SECONDS) was to VERY RAPIDLY 'SWIRL' the
> (unseen) Mouse Pointer over G+/the screen for SEVERAL SECONDS and it
> would (briefly) come back for a few seconds and then diappear again.
>
> To make a 'long story short': I did some extensive searching on the
> nett (Usenet News Group Archives) and stumbled across the following
> suggested fix THAT ACTUALLY SEEMS TO WORK.
>
> Now I can't guarantee that it will work for others BUT I can say that
> as soon as I did this mod, my GuidePlus Mouse behaviour returned to
> normal and ('touch wood') is still working.
>
> Here's the text of the fix/suggestion that I found - if it helps
> anyone, please post. (Again), this has been a LONG SUFFERING
> IRRITATION for MANY people and ATI to date seems to have been unable
> to resolve. (I think I'll Email this to them; maybe they can verify
> and/or EXPLAIN WHY it does/seem to,work - don't 'ask me').
>
> Here's the (suggested) fix I found - a registry mod (which again I
> cannot take credit for or explain):
>
>
****************************************************************************
*******
> I had the same problem and found this registry fix workaround in
> another group. This worked for me.
>
> Find this key in the registry and change the value to 3. Mine was set
> to 4 and the cursor kept disappearing.
>
> After I changed it to 3 it stopped disappearing.
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ATI
> Technologies\Multimedia\Features\TV\Display]
> "DisplaySize"=dword:00000003
>
> Mike...........
>
****************************************************************************
*
> Again: hope this helps somneone....

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On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 06:50:53 -0400, "I discuss"
<lleaf-delete.this-@hotmail.com> wrote:

>By the way, Hammer, how do you like your AIW9600 Pro? Do you feel the lack
>of DVI connection is significant?
>
All in all, I am QUITE happy with the 9600. I choose it simply because
I wanted a Radeon based All-In-Wonder and I was *NOT* terribly
interested in getting the absolute best possible perf/frameratess etc.
that most gamers seem to pursue.

ALSO I was attracted to/wanted the FM tuner/recording capability that
the card and accompanying software supports/offers..

GuidePlus problems aside, the card and software have proven to be
quite satisfactory for (to me) a reasonable price.

With respect to a DVI output connection: no, the lack of it
didn't/really doesn't bother me. Al my monitor right now are CRT based
and I don't have any really serious plans to go LCD yet AND if I do,
I'll prob. still go analog since I want to be able to switch them with
a KVM switch.

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Thanks for your reply, Hammer.

Just like you, I don't really care about the frame rate stuff, not a gamer.
I am in it for the mutimedia capabilities. However, I do have plans to get a
flat panel display in the near future.
I am really torn between AIW9000 pro and AIW9600 pro right now, I have both
of them, but can only keep one of them.
On one hand, AIW 9000 support DVI, on the other hand, 9600 have FM tuner but
no DVI support.
I am just wondering how big a difference DVI connection will make on a flat
panel display? without a flat panel display to experiment with, I just don't
have a clue at the moment.



"Hammer Toe" <HammerToe@online.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 06:50:53 -0400, "I discuss"
> <lleaf-delete.this-@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >By the way, Hammer, how do you like your AIW9600 Pro? Do you feel the
lack
> >of DVI connection is significant?
> >
> All in all, I am QUITE happy with the 9600. I choose it simply because
> I wanted a Radeon based All-In-Wonder and I was *NOT* terribly
> interested in getting the absolute best possible perf/frameratess etc.
> that most gamers seem to pursue.
>
> ALSO I was attracted to/wanted the FM tuner/recording capability that
> the card and accompanying software supports/offers..
>
> GuidePlus problems aside, the card and software have proven to be
> quite satisfactory for (to me) a reasonable price.
>
> With respect to a DVI output connection: no, the lack of it
> didn't/really doesn't bother me. Al my monitor right now are CRT based
> and I don't have any really serious plans to go LCD yet AND if I do,
> I'll prob. still go analog since I want to be able to switch them with
> a KVM switch.

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On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:54:18 -0400, "I discuss"
<lleaf-delete.this-@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Thanks for your reply, Hammer.
>
>Just like you, I don't really care about the frame rate stuff, not a gamer.
>I am in it for the mutimedia capabilities. However, I do have plans to get a
>flat panel display in the near future.
>I am really torn between AIW9000 pro and AIW9600 pro right now, I have both
>of them, but can only keep one of them.
>On one hand, AIW 9000 support DVI, on the other hand, 9600 have FM tuner but
>no DVI support.
>I am just wondering how big a difference DVI connection will make on a flat
>panel display? without a flat panel display to experiment with, I just don't
>have a clue at the moment.
>
I'm not any kind of an expert in this area BUT I do seem to recall
reading somewhere that while 'in theory' DVI 'should' (at least in
some cases) result in a better image on an LCD screeen by eliminating
the conversion from digital to analog and then back again, ***IN
PRACTICE*** the difference is undetecable.

'It would seem to me' that unless 'things' get REALLY 'out of
spec/sloppy' in this conversion process, it shouldn't matter
much/result in noticable image degradation. In the end (it seems to
me) 'you' are 'lighting up' a single pixel (ie. light a light bulb)
that can only 'shine' in one color SO the conversion should not result
in any loss of sharpness (again; unless things are really sloppy) and
the only other type of possible degradation I could see happening
might be due to color and/or intensity shift BUT those are generally
(IMHO) tolerable/a matter of personal preference anyway and can (and
are) generally adjustable through user settings/controls.

I think I will perhaps get my feet wet with a small LCD screen in the
not too distant future and while I think I may look for a dual input
product and wind up getting on 'just in case'/for future proofing, I
don't think I will be prepared to pay much extra for the capability
and indeed probably won't wind up using it.