The"Enhance Pointer Precision" setting in Windowsis poorly understood.

That’s because this feature is a form of mouse acceleration.

With it on, the speed you move your mouse also matters.

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This can help you when trying to precisely select small things on the screen.

It’s worth experimenting with this setting, depending on your mouse hardware and what you’re doing.

Office workers with cheaper mice and anyone using a laptop’s touchpad may want to leave it enabled.

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Gamers in particular often like to disable this setting.

However, it will take you some time to get used to the new setting after changing it.

It doesn’t get any more precise than that.

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Unfortunately, this won’t work if you’re using a smaller laptop keyboard without a dedicated number pad.

By default, pressing left Alt+left Shift+Num Lock will toggle Mouse Keys on or off.

There are two tweaks you may be able to change: Pointer speed and DPI.

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it’s possible for you to change the pointer speed for any mouse within Windows.

This controls how far your mouse cursor moves on the screen when you move your physical mouse.

It’s at Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Mouse.

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On Windows 10, you might also head to options > Devices > Mouse > Additional mouse options.

nudge the “Pointer Options” tab and adjust the Pointer Speed slider.

Click “Apply” to test your changes.

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However, that doesn’t necessarily mean you want the highest DPI setting.

Play with both of these options to find the right balance that works for you.

Remember that both options affect how your mouse cursor moves, so you’ll want to try different combinations.