Mouse pointer won't show on Windows 8 desktop

[ericjohn004]

My friend just bought his daughter a computer with Windows 8 on it. And her mouse pointer won't show up on the Windows 8 screen. I don't know the specifics yet, he's bring the computer to me tomorrow so I'm guessing this is a laptop. Can any of you guys help me guess what this problem is because they are trusting that I know enough to help fix this. Hopefully someone can help make me look good in helping my friend.

 

[mcnumpty23]

maybe its a touchscreen?

really hard to help till you get a hold of it and can explain the problem in more detail

 

[Josielovesjake]

The touchscreen was accidentally disabled. Go to settings, control panel, hardware and sound, mouse properties, then select device settings. Click on "enable"- that should do it!