Faulty cursor in 32 bit XP VM

[Woodsaregood]

I recently downloaded 6.0.14 for windows clients in hopes that it would fix the cursor problem that I've experienced in updates since 5.2.34. I am running a 32 bit XP VM which I use to run an older drafting program, Drafix CAD. On version 5.2.34 and earlier the cursor displayed properly both on the desktop and within the CAD program. Later updates show an enlarged cursor (regardless of pointer settings in control panel) on both the desktop and within the program. This enlarged cursor is problematic in the CAD program because it creates an offset between where the cursor appears to be and where it actually is which renders the CAD program basically useless. To try to eliminate this problem in 6.0.14 I turned off 3D acceleration, 2D video acceleration, and have tried both VMVGA and VMSVGA modes. Nothing returns the cursor to normal appearance. My workaround is to reinstall 5.2.34. Works fine so I won't be accepting any updates.

[Socratis]

1. It's usually better and faster, if issues get first addressed in the ​VirtualBox forums, a lot more eyes there. More than 95% of the issues are resolved in the forums, which keeps the developers focusing on the bug fixes and enhancements, and there is no need for another ticket to keep track of. For example, yours is most probably not a bug and someone from the developers has to deal with it and close it as "Invalid".

Plus a discussion and analysis on the bug tracker is going to help me, is going to help you, and potentially a future drive-by user or two. Not so in the forums, many more tend to benefit...

2. You were supposed to follow these steps when you filed the bug, and provide a VBox.log:

   Attach a (full) log file ("Machine" menu/"Show Log" in the main VirtualBox Manager window) straight away to save time for you and for us. The log file contains a lot of useful information about both the host and the guest systems as well as information about what happened during a particular machine run. Please do not cut and paste it.