Fuzzy box around pointer in Windows XP

This sometimes happens when I start up in XP using Boot Camp. I get a square, pixilated box that covers the pointer and moves with it. It makes it difficult to select items.
Restarting sometimes clears it up, but today I restarted twice without any effect.
Any suggestions of what's going on?
Thanks in advance.
Patrick

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> It's a feature... (accessibility) and to my knowledge it
can't be removed
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> alexmel7 skrev:
>> I was wondering how to get rid of the fuzzy box that
firefox puts around
>> buttons for a spry tabbed panel. I tried setting all
the borders for the
>> tab styles to none but it did not seem to get rid of
that fuzzy box. Any
>> suggestions?
>>
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