This Stack Overflow thread confirmed that I'm not the only person experiencing this issue, and it also offered what appears so far to be an effective workaround-running Synergy as a standard user rather than as a system service. I first encountered these symptoms a week or so ago and I assumed it was a bug in Internet Explorer 9, but the problems persisted even after I uninstalled the IE9 beta and went back to IE8 on Windows 7.Īfter much troubleshooting, including resetting IE to its default configuration and uninstalling every add-on, I finally concluded that the Synergy software was to blame. When Synergy is running, it causes the New Tab button in Internet Explorer to stop working in some circumstances and can even temporarily freeze IE.
The Synergy software has an unfortunate interaction with Internet Explorer. I finally broke down and spent some quality RTFM time with the program's documentation, a process that gave me a series of small headaches but solved a few bigger ones. The software that has made this setup possible for me is an open-source package called Synergy, which allows two or more computers (running Windows, OS X, or Linux) to share a single keyboard and mouse.
In this post, I'll share three of the lessons I've learned from switching between platforms, including insights about old habits, new hardware, and the joys of cross-platform software and services.
Although I've owned a Mac for several years, I've probably used this one more in the past two weeks than I have in the past six months combined. So far, it's been a mostly delightful, if occasionally challenging experience. Windows-powered PCs still dominate in the workplace, but Macs have captured substantial market share and even greater mind share among the affluent and well connected.Īs I explained two weeks ago, I'm running a PC and a Mac side by side as part of a long-term commitment to developing more expertise in Apple's platform and, along the way, helping my readers bridge the Mac-PC gap more smoothly.
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