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Introduction
This is a collection of brightly colored animated cursors for Windows 95/98/ME or NT/2000/XP. They are all based on a common theme of being a neon tube formed in the shape the cursor. There are ten cursor schemes in the set, consisting of five different colors (blue, green, purple, red and yellow) and two different backgrounds (clear and black). The different backgrounds provide contrast with both light and dark colored desktops. They replace all the standard Windows mouse pointers with animated ones, with many optional versions to choose from. Browser cursors are provided for Windows 98 with IE4.01. Microsoft discontinued support of the browser cursor with IE5. The link cursor will also appear whenever you use the "single click" setting for "folder options" in newer versions of Windows. These cursors will work with all Windows color video setups (256K and up).
For those of you using Windows 2000/XP, the cursors will automatically be available for the user who makes the installation. For other users, unless they also run the install program, they will have access to the individual cursors but not the prebuilt cursor schemes.
I also have 3D Green, 3D Red, 3D Yellow, 3D Orange, 3D Blue, 3D Maroon, 3D Purple, Flat Blue 3D, High Visibility, Inverse, Christmas, and New Year Animated Cursor Schemes
available! For their home pages click these links.
Download Neon Animated Cursors!
Note: The sponsor for my download file requires an intermediate display page and you will have to click on the download link on that page. The file will NOT download automatically from these links.
Download Location 1: | WinSite |
Download Location 2 (Europe): | Esse Graphic Resources |
Instructions
for installing Neon Animated Cursors in Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
General
Instructions are included in the zip file under "readme.txt." The installation instructions are repeated here for information. The installation file is designed to work with all normal default Windows installations. If you have a non-standard installation you can copy the cursors to your cursor folder after unzipping them and install them from Control Panel individually. If you are not familiar with the terms used in these directions, get help from someone who is to do this installation. Neon Animated Cursors do not have technical support.
Installation
1. Unzip the NeonCrsr.zip file into a temproary folder using an unzip utility such as WinZip.
It is preferable to keep the default folder of "\Temp\Neon", otherwise type in the
folder used when prompted during installation for the "downloaded files". In Windows
Explorer, go to the temporary folder you just made and right click on "INSTALLN.INF".
Select (double click) "Install". You should see a message that the cursor files are being copied to
your computer. (If you get an error message about no program being associated with this file, you
have a problem with your Windows 95/98 installation which can be repaired by following the directions
at this link to Microsoft.)
2. In Control Panel, double click on "Mouse" for Mouse Properties. Click on
"Pointers" in Mouse Properties.
3. Ten cursor schemes are provided with this set. Under "Scheme", click on the arrow
for the drop down menu and double click on the desired color (Red, Yellow, Blue, Green or Purple)
and background (Clear or Black) of the "Neon Animated" entries. You should now
see the appropriate Neon Animated Cursor for each default mouse pointer.
4. To keep the set shown, just click on "Apply" and go to Step 5.
To change any of the cursors, select that cursor and click on "Browse,"
double click on the "NEON" folder, then select the new cursor desired from those
listed. Highlight the desired cursor and click "Open". You should
now see the new cursor shown for that pointer. Continue this until you have all the
cursors the way you want. At this time you may want to save this as a custom scheme.
Type in a scheme name and click on "Save As". To initiate the new cursors,
click on "Apply."
5. Exit Mouse Properties and Control Panel. Delete your temporary folder. You're done!
Note: The "application in background" cursors have "APPS" in their name and
the "busy" cursors have "BUSY" in their name. All "application in
background" cursors can also be used as the normal cursor. Cursors ending in "L"
are larger cursors designed for laptop computers or large monitors. Cursors with "LINK"
are able to be used as the browser cursor for IE4/5 if you have Windows 98. The "BUSY8"
cursors are 60 second timers and can be used to measure waiting time for your applications. The
clear background cursors all have "C" as the third letter in the file name. The black
background cursors all have "B" as the third letter in the file name. Most of the
"busy" cursors are designed to be used with either set. While I made these as matching
color sets, you can mix the colors and backgrounds of the cursors into whatever custom set you want,
as described in Step 4.
Disclaimer of Warranty
These cursor files are "AS IS" and come WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. Because of the various hardware and software environments into which these cursors may be put, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. You take full responsibility for their use, suitability, and consequences. They are not guaranteed to work on your computer or your application. The user must assume the entire risk of using these files, including their installation. If your computer crashes, I am NOT responsible, nor am I responsible for any collateral damages or consequences of any kind. YOU are the ONLY one responsible for their use. (Remember you got this for free!) Unzipping the compressed file or any of its contents constitutes acceptance of this disclaimer and the license.
Additional Information
These cursors are intended for those familiar with their computer's operating system and are not provided with technical support. (If I provided support I would have to start charging for my cursors instead of keeping them as freeware.) Technical questions are best answered by your local computer expert, the computer supplier or the operating system software company. For example, many Windows questions are answered in the knowledge database at MICROSOFT.
A good resource for trouble-shooting cursor problems is Dierk's List of Animated Cursors - Troubleshooting.
This cursor set is my original work and takes advantage of a number of ideas, techniques, and cursors developed in the process of designing twelve different cursor schemes. Detailed credits are provided in the readme file. Many basic cursors can be designed with freeware cursor editors and most of my non-256 color cursors started with "Paint" and "Aniedit." In response to a frequently asked question on where to get cursor editors, I am providing the following link to Dierk's ANIMATED CURSOR UTILITIES PAGE which provides download links to cursor editors.
If you have compliments, comments or questions which are not related
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