SOLVED: Disappearing cursor on Asus touchscreen PCs
Good news — at least for owners of an Asus Ultrabook like the Zenbook UX301.
With all due respect for various tip in this thread, the problem is not addressed with a display driver, a mouse setting, or the touchpad gesture feature. It is not solved via Control Panel or Device Manager. That’s not it at all...
SYMPTOM:
Cursor disappears after some bootups and not others. The touch pad and mouse are still usable, but it is difficult to tell where the cursor is, because the user can only see its affect on icons as they are passed over and buttons when they are clicked.
The problem sometimes clears with logout/login, but it is frustrating, because there is no apparent cause or distinction between success and loss of cursor.
SOLUTION (for Asus PCs, or possibly just Asus notebooks):
When powering, do not swipe the wallpaper up with a finger. Instead, click it with your mouse or touch pad (either will do). Then use the mouse again by clicking in the password field. (Do not simply begin to type the unlock code. Use the mouse first!).
Windows will launch into the desktop with a visible cursor. No more problem.
ANALYSIS:
I don’t work for Asus or Microsoft. But I am a computer engineer and a systems architect. In my opinion, the symptom is a result of coding in the BIOS (probably not a bug within Windows). At least for us Asus notebook users, the PC sets a flag that presumes touch-pointer operation and not use of a mouse or track pad.
CONCLUSION:
The problem is resolved by “asserting” the mouse with the steps described above: Click to roll up the boot wallpaper and again before typing a password or unlock code. By doing this, the PC will switch between mouse and touch pointer control throughout the Windows session.
I have owned my PC for one month. It has been a very frustrating month...that is, until I stumbled upon this solution.
Ellery Davies
AWildDuck.com (My Blog)