vanishing cursor

oldhand

Hi all,seeking a little help with daughters laptop.It was purchased new just after xmas and its a toshiba.This afternoon she put it on and within a few minutes the little cursor arrow began moving very slowly and then stopped altogether.
She turned it off and restarted it and again the same thing happened.On the fourth time of restarting it the cursor seems to have vanished altogether and cannot be found at all(not hiding to left right or up,down).
Can anyone offer some clues as to what has happened and perhaps a method of fixing it before bringing it back to shop.any help as always appreciated.

London50

Hi

See if link below will help

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-tms/windows-8-mouse-pointer-disappeared/0814da98-0e28-4a3c-b0a1-8125440eacab

oldhand

London50 wrote: »

Hi

See if link below will help

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-tms/windows-8-mouse-pointer-disappeared/0814da98-0e28-4a3c-b0a1-8125440eacab

many thanks and what an embarrassment,on her laptop the F5 key can be used to turn on/off the cursor.Not being the mast computer literate I had no idea it had that and to be honest im still no wiser as to why it would be needed but thankfully alls well now,again many thanks for taking the trouble to answer.