Design : Cursors

All cursors are displayed slightly smaller for previewing ease and will appear slightly larger and smoother when used on your computer.

Each pack contains four icons suitable for replacing the "Normal Select", "Working In Background", "Busy" and "Link Select" cursors.

Note: Information on how to change, download and un-zip the cursors is available at the bottom of this page.

Cursors

Crosshair

Crosshair cursors are in the True Color format, 32x32. Hotspot is central, some areas of the cursor are transparent.

Crosshair Cursors

Name: Crosshair Type: .cur Size: 1.92kb File: .zip Download: crosshair_cursors.zip

Dial

Dial cursors are in the True Color format, 32x32. Hotspot is top left, some areas of the cursor are transparent.

Dial Cursors

Name: Dial Type: .cur Size: 3.48kb File: .zip Download: dial_cursors.zip

Lippy

Lippy cursors are in the True Color format, 32x32. Hotspot is top left.

Lippy Cursors

Name: Lippy Type: .cur Size: 1.34kb File: .zip Download: lippy_cursors.zip

UFO

UFO cursors are in the True Color format, 32x32. Hotspot is central, some areas of the cursor are transparent.

UFO Cursors

Name: UFO Type: .cur Size: 1.95kb File: .zip Download: ufo_cursors.zip

Cursor Information

Information on how to change, download and un-zip these cursors.

Changing Cursors

Windows XP

The cursor settings are located in the Mouse options in the Control Panel, so make your way to:
Start>> Control Panel>> Mouse>> Pointers (tab).

Select the cursor action you wish to change by left clicking on it once, it should highlight.
Click the "Browse..." button near the bottom of the window and locate the cursor you wish to change to.

Copy the above steps to change further cursors of your choice (highlight, browse, select cursor) and remember to click the "Apply" button to effect the change and the "Ok" button to close the window.

If at any stage you wish to go back to the default windows cursors, go to:
Start>> Control Panel>> Mouse>> Pointers (tab).
Click on the small black arrow to the right of the "Select" drop down menu, and chose your previous cursor scheme.

Downloading Cursors

Click on the link after "Download:" on the cursor of your choice, then save it somewhere convenient onto your computer.

Un-zipping Cursors

For ease of use i have placed each cursor pack into a .zip archive, you can un-pack thes using programs like WinRar and WinZip.

When you have downloaded a cursor pack, double click on the downloaded .zip file, which will open your archive program.

Use the "Extract" or Un-zip" options and choose where to save the cursors.

Note: Save the cursors somewhere they can stay permanently as Windows will need regular access to them if used.