Vista Mouse Pointers

[Accessless]

Can anyone tell me why I can't set any other mouse theme other than Windows Aero default? I've been trying to set my classic Windows Whistler mouse pointers and it works but than resets after a restart. After telling windows to use it again and restarting I got a blue screen of death, then it resets back to default.


Microsoft: "You will adapt to using the new Vista style and only the new vista style."

Me: "but I want groovy Whistler mouses."

Microsoft: "blasphemer! You will use Vista Styles or die!"

Me: "*censored*!?"

Microsoft: "BSOD!"

Me: "Noooo not a Blue Screen Of Death!"

[patio]

Whistler themes are written for Windows classic...not Aero.
Sorry
One or the other.

Yell at the Author.

[BC_Programmer]

silly ppl! whistler themes are for luna!


Aren't they? Whistler WAS after all the code-name for XP...

[Accessless]

I'm not using a theme. I mean that I have selected different .ani files and set them up as a profile. Are you saying that Vista no longer uses .ani files for pointers?

[Accessless]

help?

[soybean]

Vista has many options for pointer schemes.  Have you looked at them?

[Accessless]

[soybean]

Huh???   

[BC_Programmer]

sigh. The Aero theme I assure you does NOT use ANI files. recall that ANI files were used since Microsoft Plus for windows 95. a few graphical enhancements have occured since then, I am sure.

[Accessless]

Jesus that was difficult... (like trying to get blood out of a stone for those who didn't get the picture). Now, why is it then that I can use the cursors until I restart? And why is it that under browse for cursors I get the automatic file type association .ani or .cur?

[BC_Programmer]

Aero overrides any of these choices. It's like with XP or Vista, where you can change the color of active title bars and stuff, but it doesn't change anything unless your set to windows Classic.

[soybean]

... get blood out of a stone for those who didn't get the picture...

Well, I've heard "You can't get blood out of a turnip" but I never heard the stone version.   

Aero overrides any of these choices. It's like with XP or Vista, where you can change the color of active title bars and stuff, but it doesn't change anything unless your set to windows Classic.

So, what cursor(s) did you try?

I'm not familiar with "groovy Whistler mouses" or .ani or .cur file types.  So, I'm still wondering:

Vista has many options for pointer schemes.  Have you looked at them?

Are they just not groovy enough?

[Accessless]

Well, I've heard "You can't get blood out of a turnip" but I never heard the stone version.   

What planet are you from? and no I did not make the picture for the situation just a random google.

Aero overrides any of these choices. It's like with XP or Vista, where you can change the color of active title bars and stuff, but it doesn't change anything unless your set to windows Classic.

So, what cursor(s) did you try?

Some .ani cursors from a Windows Whistler demo.

I'm not familiar with "groovy Whistler mouses" or .ani or .cur file types.  So, I'm still wondering:
Vista has many options for pointer schemes.  Have you looked at them?
Are they just not groovy enough?

Was that a joke?

Aero overrides any of these choices. It's like with XP or Vista, where you can change the color of active title bars and stuff, but it doesn't change anything unless your set to windows Classic.

So if I set my desktop to original mode (none shiny mode) then I can use .ani cursors?

[soybean]

What planet are you from? and no I did not make the picture for the situation just a random google.

Earth.  Been here quite a long time now.

So if I set my desktop to original mode (none shiny mode) then I can use .ani cursors?

So if I set my desktop to original mode (none shiny mode) then I can use .ani cursors?

Wasn't this question answered back in reply #1? 

[Accessless]

Ok it has become painfully obvious now that no matter what I change, I can not use .ani cursors any more. This is due (I think) to a security exploit of the .ani files in Vista. So from what I can gather their fix was to just reset any files associations to do with .ani's on a restart.

So anyone know of software that I can use to convert my .ani's to .cur's?