It's been a few days so I figure it might be a good idea to try and describe this issue with more detail, despite this being a relatively simple problem.
Surprisingly, this seems to be partly a windows thing, as capturing my screen with print-screen or any other tool removed the precision pointer in the center.
The cursor looks like this before using the paintbrush tool. After clicking down the left mouse button,
The precision pointer disappears, making it difficult to stay right where I would like. I would like to fix this problem, thanks.