Windows Cursor/Pointer Override

I have an issue with the cursor/pointers in windows 8.1. Actually the issue is that some applications override the system settings, which I have obviously tweaked for a reason.
Let's use manga studio 5, and GIMP 2.8 as examples. Both programs force their own pointers. Which is an issue because their pointers are both very small and hard to see. MS5 lets me change the pointers shape but not the colour or the size.
I have poor eyesight so this makes it nearly inpossible to draw with my tablet.
So I'm looking for a way to force windows to override all applications pointers so that I can use the windows pointer instead.
Like I said at the top, I'm using Windows 8.1. I'm fairly new to Windows, so if you could dumb things down for me, just a bit that'd be great.
Also I apologize if I put this in the wrong forum. This site makes very little sense to me.
Thanks in advance.

FYI.... Grab shows what the cursors look like in "ugly" mode...
http://i.imgur.com/***3u.png
URL above is censored because imgur has put an expletive as the image ID... try this http://bit.ly/amPZsi
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