The video drivers were not the best. My bet?
I have Vista and Office 2007. My problem: When typing in Word or email programs, my blinking cursor disappears about every two minutes and re-appears in 25 seconds. This is the blinking cursor, which ends typing when it disappears, not to be confused with the mouse arrow.

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