The mouse pointer disappears

Occasionally the mouse pointer disappears, most frequently when I use Safari. I only use the mouse pad on my Macbook Air. Has anyone encountered this problem?
Thank you in advance,
M

Ugh -- updated a computer at work to Firefox 4, now THAT computer is doing it, never having done it before.
It looks like this problem only happens with Windows 7.

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First: I'm afraid my English is not good enough (I speak Spanish).
So,
Sometimes the mouse pointer disappears but it's still able to click. It reappears when I do right click. Also, sometimes the pointer have a strange behavior, like crazy movements very fast. I just wait 10 second and it work fine again. I don't know if anyone here have this problems too.

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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/accessibility.browsewithcaret
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Scrolling_with_arrow_keys_no_longer_works
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox
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BillPStudios wrote:
Cauld,
Thanks! So far the Ctrl-Alt-Del then Escape brings back my mouse pointer.
Obviously, I'm not going to mark this as a solution but at least you've saved me from having to reboot frequently. I appreciate your participation.
Steven,
This error is unrelated to the physical mouse being plugged in. It happens in tablet and laptop mode, I've tried to follow my actions to determine when it disappears but as far as I can tell it's random. Suddenly I'll go to do something and I no longer have a arrow on my screen. If I move my finger around the touch pad I can tell it's still calculating where the mouse pointer is located but there's no image to confirm the location.
I have experienced freezing but only when I try to close an application in full screen mode using the system menu icon on the top left. It usually will trigger some form of the left swipe for active programs. Instead of the normal program images I get a small square in the top left and it freezes for about a minute. I'm trying to relearn my habit of exiting a program by using the top right title bar icon.
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