Jon,
It seems that you like this game very much and thanks a lot for your feedback that we fixed a BSOD issue in this thread.
Crash when running Baldur's Gate II on Win XP VM
The mouse pointer not redrawing correctly with flickering, it is a known issue (PR1056551) in progress. I would engage with our Dev. and let you know the result.
Thanks a lot for your patience.
Best Regards,
changhai