Are hourglass cursors still relevant?

1. Why does my cursor have an hourglass?
2. How do I get rid of my hourglass cursor?
3. How do I change my cursor to hourglass in C#?

Why does my cursor have an hourglass?

The Windows wait cursor, informally the Blue circle of death (known as the hourglass cursor until Windows Vista) is a cursor that indicates that an application is busy performing an operation. It can be accompanied by an arrow if the operation is being performed in the background.

How do I get rid of my hourglass cursor?

Simultaneously press [Ctrl] [Alt] [Delete].

How do I change my cursor to hourglass in C#?

Hourglass Cursor [C#]

If you want to change the mouse cursor at application level use static property Current of Cursor class. To show hourglass cursor assign value Cursors. WaitCursor. To return back the default behavior (to display control specific cursor) assign back value Cursors.