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What does it actually mean in windows when the cursor turns into an hourglass?

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Mar 15, 20265324 views

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We're all familiar with the little hourglass mouse on our pcs, but what does it mean when: There's an hourglass next to the pointer the pointer disappears and there's just an hourglass, locking out all clicks Obviously it shows that you computer's busy, but it doesn't seem to be directly correlated…

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I think the hourglass whitout pointer says that you have to wait, the hourglass with pointer are background actions where you can resume working.

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What does it actually mean in windows when the cursor turns into an hourglass?

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