I tried rebooting in safe mode as was suggested but when I did the system became unstable. It would not boot into safe mode and eventually crashed completely. I had to do a operating system repair and then recover my computer to its original setup from the manufacturer. I then reinstalled my backup from a few weeks ago and everything seems to be working better. I have not tried to run safe mode again (scared). I probably am going to just give up on Opera and maybe try again later. I am grateful for the help offered. I appreciate the post from blackbird71 as I had not heard of the difficulties people have had from System Mechanic Pro. I am using the most recent version and was about to update to the latest new version. I will investigate other possibilities now, thanks for the input.

Went to a page at random in Firefox. Clicked on "file" clicked on "save page as". File name: left as is. Save as type: Web Page, HTML only. Saved it to Desktop. Right clicked and choose Open With and then clicked on Opera Internet Browser and got nothing. Same response as before just spinning and spinning.

Uninstalled Opera, rebooted a couple of times, turned off antivirus, firewall, System Mechanic Pro, redownloaded Opera from Opera.com, reinstalled and have the same results. It just spins its wheels and goes nowhere. Any site I try to go to results in the display "This site can’t be reached"

leocg, It installed it on a USB drive. I ran a file called "Launcher" from the USB drive. No changes, it allows interaction within the browser but still does not go to any websites.

I'm not sure what you mean by a "stand alone" installation of Opera. I went to "opera.com" and downloaded "OperaSetup.exe" (for Windows) which I thought was a stand alone program. It runs and allows me to change any of the settings but won't successfully navigate to any website.

Windows 7 Firewall is disabled. Public and Private network.

Firewall off does nothing. Opera cannot connect to website with or without VPN. No sites at all. I'm at a loss.

Downloaded it from "opera.com". At one point it said the file was downloaded from "http://net.opera.com" and the file was called, "OperaSetup.exe" I uninstalled it and reinstalled it to see if that changed anything but it didn't. It was Opera installer. Folder is "Program Files (x86)" Not custom. Yes, on Administrative account.

Malware Bytes stays disabled when not in use (Free Version). System Shied has been disabled along with System Mechanic Pro itself. There is no change in behavior. It still will not connect to any site. IE, Chrome, Firefox, and even an old Netscape 7.1 connects. Just not a brand new Opera.

Turbo is off, I've tried VPN checked and not checked with the same result. No extensions have been added. It is not an update and Opera is new to my system. I use System Mechanic Pro's System Shield for antivirus and use Malware Bytes for malware. No proxies. Firewall allows Opera. I don't know how to check the " browser's access permission to the Internet". I appreciate the assistance.