How do I turn on mouse sonar (vista)?

Just been forcibly upgraded at work from win95 to vista. I'm partially
sighted, and one of the things I *still* can't suss out is being able to turn
on a "sonar" feature where you press the control key and get a series of
concentric circles explaining where you lost the mouse cursor . . . don't
laugh, if the mouse cursor is a rather indistinct blob amid more indistinct
blobs it does actually help if the one you're looking for is the one that
wriggles when you tell it to! :)

Anyone care to explain where I turn this on in vista?

The start menu has the 'ease of access' items.
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"Oh*******sIlostthesoddingcusoragain" wrote:

> Just been forcibly upgraded at work from win95 to vista. I'm partially
> sighted, and one of the things I *still* can't suss out is being able to turn
> on a "sonar" feature where you press the control key and get a series of
> concentric circles explaining where you lost the mouse cursor . . . don't
> laugh, if the mouse cursor is a rather indistinct blob amid more indistinct
> blobs it does actually help if the one you're looking for is the one that
> wriggles when you tell it to! :)
>
> Anyone care to explain where I turn this on in vista?
>
>

"Oh*******sIlostthesoddingcusoragain"
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> Just been forcibly upgraded at work from win95 to vista. I'm partially
> sighted, and one of the things I *still* can't suss out is being able to
> turn
> on a "sonar" feature where you press the control key and get a series of
> concentric circles explaining where you lost the mouse cursor . . . don't
> laugh, if the mouse cursor is a rather indistinct blob amid more
> indistinct
> blobs it does actually help if the one you're looking for is the one that
> wriggles when you tell it to! :)
>
> Anyone care to explain where I turn this on in vista?
>
>

Maybe it depends on the Mouse driver. I have a MS mouse (optical) and I just
went into Mouse | properties | Pointer Options| and turn on "show location
of pointer when I press the CTRL key", tested it, and it worked.

-Frank

Control Panel>Mouse>Pointer Options tab>tick Show location of pointer when I
press the Control Key.
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"Oh*******sIlostthesoddingcusoragain"
<Oh******* icrosoft.com> wrote in
message news:75EED77B-CDE7-43A4-94B2-...
> Just been forcibly upgraded at work from win95 to vista. I'm partially
> sighted, and one of the things I *still* can't suss out is being able to
> turn
> on a "sonar" feature where you press the control key and get a series of
> concentric circles explaining where you lost the mouse cursor . . . don't
> laugh, if the mouse cursor is a rather indistinct blob amid more
> indistinct
> blobs it does actually help if the one you're looking for is the one that
> wriggles when you tell it to! :)
>
> Anyone care to explain where I turn this on in vista?
>
>

Thanks for the replies, all - now sorted!

"Oh*******sIlostthesoddingcusoragain" wrote:

> Just been forcibly upgraded at work from win95 to vista. I'm partially
> sighted, and one of the things I *still* can't suss out is being able to turn
> on a "sonar" feature where you press the control key and get a series of
> concentric circles explaining where you lost the mouse cursor . . . don't
> laugh, if the mouse cursor is a rather indistinct blob amid more indistinct
> blobs it does actually help if the one you're looking for is the one that
> wriggles when you tell it to! :)
>
> Anyone care to explain where I turn this on in vista?
>
>

You're welcome.

"Oh*******sIlostthesoddingcusoragain"
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> Thanks for the replies, all - now sorted!
>
> "Oh*******sIlostthesoddingcusoragain" wrote:
>
>> Just been forcibly upgraded at work from win95 to vista. I'm partially
>> sighted, and one of the things I *still* can't suss out is being able to
>> turn
>> on a "sonar" feature where you press the control key and get a series of
>> concentric circles explaining where you lost the mouse cursor . . . don't
>> laugh, if the mouse cursor is a rather indistinct blob amid more
>> indistinct
>> blobs it does actually help if the one you're looking for is the one that
>> wriggles when you tell it to! :)
>>
>> Anyone care to explain where I turn this on in vista?
>>
>>