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It looks like Vista cursors are different from previous Windows versions. The default Beam (text select) cursor is either completely black (no “invert color” pixels) or the drivers for the Stepnote (Intel integrated graphics) are buggy.

What this means is that the text select cursor is invisible in dark background applications (putty, crimson editor, etc), which I use often for programming or ssh’ing.

 The solution is to replace the default I beam cursor with something that has either light colors or inverted color pixels. I chose the RealWorld Cursor Editor, which comes with its own cursor set. I was going to use the editor to edit the basic set, but its I Beam cursor works, so I am sticking with it.