diff --git a/src/platform/windows.rs b/src/platform/windows.rs
index 4c09bbe9f..66891784b 100644
--- a/src/platform/windows.rs
+++ b/src/platform/windows.rs
@@ -171,7 +171,17 @@ pub fn get_cursor() -> ResultType<Option<u64>> {
             return Err(io::Error::last_os_error().into());
         }
         if ci.flags & CURSOR_SHOWING == 0 {
-            Ok(None)
+            // Yowie IT MSP fork (2026-05-02): on Win 11 / Server 2022 with no
+            // physical mouse attached, Windows clears CURSOR_SHOWING and the
+            // upstream code returns None — so the connected viewer never
+            // receives any cursor data and headless servers show a black-
+            // screen-with-no-cursor in the RustDesk web client (upstream
+            // issue #672, unfixed 3+ years). Force-load the standard arrow
+            // so a valid cursor message is always sent on the wire. The
+            // viewer then renders the standard pointer, regardless of
+            // whether the endpoint has any HID hardware. Hash-pinned by
+            // IconInfo so it's effectively a one-shot per session.
+            Ok(Some(LoadCursorW(std::ptr::null_mut(), IDC_ARROW) as _))
         } else {
             Ok(Some(ci.hCursor as _))
         }