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hey guys ,,, does anyone here now how to get water effect from windows vista...

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Short practical guide for (and to clear up the thread for and ):

Windows Vista does not ship with a “water ripple” pointer as a built-in Aero feature — the look is produced either by assigning an animated cursor file (.ani) or by using a cursor-skin/overlay utility that draws effects around the pointer. Two workable approaches are listed below.

Manual: get an animated cursor (.ani) that has the ripple frames, copy it to C:\Windows\Cursors (admin rights), then open Control Panel -> Mouse -> Pointers tab. Select the pointer role you want to replace (for example Normal Select), click Browse, pick the .ani, then Save As to create a new scheme and Apply. If the animation does not show, confirm the file is .ani (not .cur), the scheme is active, and the cursor file is readable by the system.

Using tools: cursor-theme managers such as CursorFX and cursor editors like RealWorld Cursor Editor or Axialis CursorWorkshop let you install ready-made effects or build your own animated sequence (multiple frames, set frame delays, export as .ani). These tools can also apply overlays that follow the pointer more dynamically than a single .ani can.

Troubleshooting & cautions: only download cursor files or installers from reputable sources and scan them; installing to C:\Windows\Cursors avoids missing-file problems; some secure contexts (UAC/secure desktop) will revert to default system cursors; and older hardware may show choppier animation. For clarity: the compiz projects mentioned earlier are Linux compositors and not relevant to Vista.

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I'm curious, what is the mouse pointer water effect? The only thing I found after searching is this: . But it doesn't seem related.

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Its not a standard part of vista
You can get it with 3rd paty addons

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