It was a Comcast log on problem. It's different in each state.

On 64bit machine, outgo works in Oregon but not in California. Have tried 25, 465, 587 ports.
On another 32bit machine it works under one ID with 587 port but not my ID ???

I suppose disabling auto update may not hurt if your Opera is running fine and
you don't mind missing new improvements or bug fixes. On the other hand, I have
a serious problem with the Mail program hanging up at irritating times and they
either don't know about it or haven't found a fix yet. I had it on both Win XP and
Win 7 which I am now running. If I minimize the program and come back to it after
half or an hour it seems to resolve itself, but that is not the mark of good
programming. Auto trouble reporting may not work either so I am still waiting.

rafaelluik and 133t4opera
Thanks for your responses. The link to other discussion was too esoteric for me and maybe not related to Windows 7.
Also, I don't see or understand "profile folder or directory". Bookmarks.adr is easily accessible in Win XP in the
Documents and Settings folder but not under Win 7 where it has to go. My Win 7 copy is OEM so no migration is allowed.
I paid $40 for my first copy of Opera roughly 20 years ago and hate to lose using it. The Oxport program was great for
standardizing bookmarks and contacts for other browsers. Then I have Ztree for getting around most Microsoft road blocks
except for the "access denied" thing. I have used it even to edit a file in Hex. It shows up all the hidden things.
I could continue to use WinXP but it has already collected some malware (Adware)that cannot be gotten rid of. Win7
does not allow it to load. If anyone thinks of another possible solution, I would be thankful for a response.

I have two hard disks, one running Win XP, the other Win 7 with clean install. I also have backed up copies of bookmarks.adr
and bookmarks.mtl which import fine to both IE and Chrome. I have Opera 20.. loaded clean on Win 7
but no way to import bookmarks. The files seem to be required in the restricted access part of
Windows. I can use Ztree to move a file anywhere but there. Any ideas? TIA