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If you play a lot of first-person shooter games (FPS) and you struggle to hit your shots, you may have the "Enhance Pointer Precision" feature enabled. To stop your mouse sensitivity from changing inconsistently, you'll need to turn this feature off. Here's what Enhance Pointer Precision is and how to disable it on Windows 10 and 11.
What is Enhance Pointer Precision?
Enhance Pointer Precision changes your mouse sensitivity depending on how fast you move your mouse, which makes it harder to rely on muscle memory to land accurate shots. If you're gaming, consider disabling this feature.
Steps
Disabling Enhance Pointer Precision
- Open the Start menu and type mouse. Results will load as you type.[1]
- Click Mouse settings. A new window will open.
- Click Additional mouse options. This will either be on the bottom or right side of the screen.
- A pop-up window will open.
- Click Pointer Options. This is the tab at the top, between Pointers and Wheel.
- Uncheck the "Enhance pointer precision" box. This is under the Motion header and pointer speed slider.
- Click Apply, then OK. The new settings will be saved.
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