Windows 8.1 Start up customisation of mouse colour and background

Hey
Im trying to change the default colour of the mouse from white to black and the background for bespoke user with eye sight issues anyone got any ideas on how this could be done ? (pre login window)

1]Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. (If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click
Search.)
2]In the search box, enter Change how your mouse works, tap or click
Settings, and then tap or click Change how your mouse works.
Select the following option:
Change the color and size of mouse pointers. You can use these options to make the mouse pointer larger, or change the color to make it easier to see.
S.Sengupta, Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP

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EDIT: RESOLVED
For anyone else who finds their way here like I did, this link did it for me: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/527599/windows-8-issues-solved-please-r ead-if-you-39-re-having-black-screen-and-or-flickering-/
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