Presto! (pun intended) It works! Thanks for the assist @linuxmint7.

That seems to have worked. Are the Turbo servers down? Is that common? I live in Alaska and while I don't always need Turbo, it's helpful if I'm out on work, say above the Arctic Circle, where connectivity isn't as good as in metro areas.

Thanks again.

@theashigaru: I agree. It was a decision that alienated me as a user. I prefer Bing for a variety of reasons and I don't mind losing it as the default after an update if I can make it my default again. Losing the freedom, the option, after it has been an option frustrated me. It strikes me as a design decision that subtracted without adding.

It isn't enough to make me stop using it outright but perhaps a couple of other changes could add up and I switch. I currently deal with the inconvenience by just using Speed Dial but really, the reason we choose a browser is often which one has a design and feature set that maximizes convenience. Any steps that increase the level of work required to get what we want in the manner we want it, usually reduces a user's willingness to use it. I selected Opera over IE, Firefox, and Chrome because of those things. Now it's on par with Chrome in terms of how quickly I get work done where it was ahead before.

My two cents.

Hey, all,
I'm running Opera 26 on Window 8 64 bit. I've been using it for a some time and it abruptly stopped being able to browse a few days ago. All other browsers work just fine. I'm posting this from Chrome. I've done a bit of troubleshooting to see if I could get it to resume normal operation but none of it has worked.

I've done the usual Internet Explorer type troubleshooting such as clearing the cache, etc. I've tried opening up new windows and so on and that doesn't work either. However, interestingly enough, InPrivate browsing works just fine. My next step may be to reinstall Opera but I thought I would ask the forum if there are any steps I can take prior to doing that. And if I need to reinstall Opera, is there a way I can save my settings? Perhaps a folder in the Appdata? I've done a lot of work to get my bookmarks into Opera since some of the bookmark import tools wouldn't work for me.

Any help you can provide is appreciated.