Here's a script to change the mouse cursor to the hourglass...

code:
$API=CreateObject("wshAPIToolkitObject.ucATO")
 
HourglassCursor()
sleep 5
HourglassCursor()
exit
 
function HourglassCursor()
	$Cursor=$API.CALLAPI("USER32.DLL", "LoadCursorA", 0, 32514)
	$HourglassCursor=$API.CALLAPI("USER32.DLL", "SetSystemCursor", $Cursor, 32512)
endfunction