What's with the mouse pointer in Lion?

Ever since upgrading my Mac mini to Lion, I am seeing many instances of the wrong mouse pointer being displayed. It may be a hand when it should be an arrow or vice versa. It may be a diagonal window resizing arrow when it should be a hand.
I can't detect any pattern to this. It's just wrong a large part of the time.
Never had this problem under Snow Leopard.

I know I'm late to this post as it was posted back in 2012 but I'm having the exact same issues. Any others have this problem and if so, any remedy to this?

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Hi guys,
I’m new to Flash sort of but most definitely new to
actionscript and programming in general. I’m hoping someone
can help me with a practice thing I’ve been working on - I
thought this would be easy to start of with but it is prooving very
challenging;
I’m trying to create an image fade on a box when the
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red_mc is the name of my red box which is 123pixels center of
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online tutorial but it was for the entire stage hence my division
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Any help would be great. Thanks!
Regards,
Nick.

1) Use getBounds() to determine the actual coordinates the
box takes up. If the box's registration is not in it's upper left
or left, other methods could be flaky.
2) Find the difference between getBounds().xMin and _xmouse
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.45)
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red_mc.onRollOut = red_mc.onReleaseOutside = function() {
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on _root
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The mouse wont click anywhere over a 1" strip that includes the area where the tabs are lined, and extends 0.5cm above and below this. So, to open or close a tab I can only use Ctrl T or Ctrl W respectively. And, for ex, I cannot click on the top most line on Facebook (which has the Home, messages, news feeds options etc) or that of Twitter, and so on. I have used Mozilla Firefox all my life and this has never happened before. I don't have this problem with any other browser like Internet explorer or Google Chrome. I find it very strange.

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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of this exercise is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login. Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Be sure your Mac is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
Note: If FileVault is enabled under Mac OS X 10.7 or later, you can’t boot in safe mode.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem(s)?
After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

How to find out what is under the mouse pointer in a StyledDocument

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I have a DefaultStyledDocument in a JTextPane.
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eabin

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and take a look at my answer in this Thread. I think it can give you an idea :
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=57&thread=227390
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Solutions?
Here some ideas in other foums:
http://www.logicprohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=86264
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I installed all over again by formatting as suggested by the genes of pro application support. Each plug-in, each virtual instrument, a job that lasted 3 days. And as suggested for each new plug-in I proceeded to check the proper functioning of Logic Pro and did each time a back up with Time Machine.
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Just wondering what the mouse-pointer with the letter 'M' attached to it means. I notice it pops up when I open songs I made in Logic Pro 6 inside Logic Pro 8.
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[[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/link-location-bar/?src=api]]
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These steps are to be taken while booted in safe mode.
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