This is a simple question about directX/win32 input: In my application (C/C++), I acquire the mouse device with direct input in exclusive mode. Yet, I still want the user to be able to move their cursor outside of the window application. The idea is they don't see their cursor in the application's client window (I draw my own) but as soon as they leave the space to do things like maximize, minimize, move the window, restore, whatever... the normal windows cursor apears again at the right location. I hope this explanation makes sense. What I am really asking is how can I use direct input to get the mouse position (relative to the client window) without being in exclusive mode using direct input. Or is there a better way? Any help, as always, is greatly appreciated.