Help: Opera Says "There is no Internet connection"
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bbildman last edited by
History:: Installed a trial version of "Easy-Hide-IP VPN for Windows", didn't like it, uninstalled it.
Now Opera gives me "There is no Internet connection" for every page I try to go to.
Not sure what is happening, our internet connection is working perfectly, on my laptop IE works perfect, as well as my email service. Using my tablet and my other laptop, Opera works perfectly.
I tried deleting my profile folder thinking it was some kind of glitch in my preferences etc, but to no avail...as I get the same message when I run the "vanilla" install of Opera. Which made me think it's something in my Windows configuration that the VPN program altered. When I installed the VPN trial it also asked me if I wanted to install a TAP program, which I did, and when uninstalling the TAP program and the VPN software is when this started happening.
Any help appreciated, PLEASE...thanks
Any help is apprecia
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zalex108 last edited byIf W10 go to
*Settings > Network > VPN and / or Proxy
Delete / switch off any unknow / unwanted profile or IP and try again.
In other OS now I don't remmember if you need to go to your Lan/wifi card and check there or you might need Autoruns or System explorer and disable / delete the .sys file.
Check internet explorer network settings might help too.
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bbildman last edited by
Ok, I see "Settings > Network > VPN and / or Proxy", but underneath the Network header is "Use proxy for local servers" which is checked, as usually it is even before I installed the VPN program.
But I do not understand what you mean "Delete / switch off any unknown / unwanted profile or IP and try again" - where would this profile be located??
As an aside, I decided to reinstall the Easy-Hide-IP VPN program and see what happens - lo and behold, not sure what happened but now Opera is working. I may choose to keep the pgm, if I uninstall it later, I will get back here to message whether the uninstall stopped Opera again.
Still I am VERY curious as to what happened to Opera.
By the way, I am interested if enabling the VPN function in Opera will mask my IP when downloading some non-copyrighted files via uTorrent? And how functional is the Opera VPN for other programs running on my Windows 7 platform??
Thanks
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leocg Moderator last edited by
But I do not understand what you mean "Delete / switch off any unknown / unwanted profile or IP and try again" - where would this profile be located??
On Windows settings.
I am interested if enabling the VPN function in Opera will mask my IP when downloading some non-copyrighted files via uTorrent?
Nope, Opera VPN works only inside the browser.
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zalex108 last edited by
Proxy should not be enabled for local servers, if not necessary for some reason.
There are some switches there, just try switch those options off.
An IP could be into Proxy options, switching off or deleting it should fix the problem (if any).UltraSurf, Fiddler and some others creates a proxy when used, but if for some reason are not properly disabled when the program closes then you could have Internet access problems.
If reinstalling solves the problem, you could try disabling it from the extension settings.
Opera VPN works fine and masks the IP but only works into the browser, other apps are not affected so they show your public IP.
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bbildman last edited by
Proxy should not be enabled for local servers, if not necessary for some reason.
There are some switches there, just try switch those options off.
An IP could be into Proxy options, switching off or deleting it should fix the problem (if any).
UltraSurf, Fiddler and some others creates a proxy when used, but if for some reason are not properly disabled when the program closes then you could have Internet access problems.
If reinstalling solves the problem, you could try disabling it from the extension settings.Opera VPN works fine and masks the IP but only works into the browser, other apps are not affected so they show your public IP.
I got this reply from the Easy-Hide-IP tech person::
"Would you try flushing the DNS cache and restarting?
On your keyboard, press Win+X to open the WinX Menu.
Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator.
Run the following command:ipconfig /flushdns"
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daveandsam last edited by
Hi bbildman,
Almost everyone cannot use opera browser on Windows 10 without having ones' connection being halted or disconnected every 5 to 10 minutes. This behavior does not happen with other web browsers. Then this lead us to one explanation only: Some sort of Conspiracy from Microsoft for users stop using Opera ? Does Opera really respects users data by not sharing it with the big names ?? Opera did not want to share users private information and compromise user's privacy? Think about it.
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sgunhouse Moderator last edited by
@daveandsam I hate it when people say "almost everyone", it is usually completely made up. If you want us to believe you're not a troll, tell us when it happens and who "almost everyone" is (as in, users on some forum, site or game, or perhaps a certain country or region), otherwise you sound exactly like those Russian trolls they always talk about on social media.
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