Thanks, Martha. I tried both suggestions, but no change. Not sure exactly I've been using IE7...a couple of months, maybe? I'll be interested to see if the problem exists on my other computer. I can't tell at the moment because it needs a new monitor. Since posting the first time, I discovered that I can't open the comments to one of my blogs and I can't open the log-in screen that will let me download archived articles on a newspaper website. This is getting very irritating! I'll go see if Microsoft has some sort of help forum... Susan

this is a good guide for those kinds of browser messages, the one described I think falls in the 503 error category. Decoding and dealing with browser error messages I have seen the error message you describe with the try again, that is a firefox error message. In most cases when I have seen it, it was because the actual website I was trying to access was down or very slow responding and would work after waiting a bit. If you are continually getting them it is sounding like you are dropping the connection on that pc to the net. "503: Service unavailable This is a "temporarily out of order" sign, and it's sometimes reported as Gateway timeout. It means either the server that hosts the site is currently not working or is unavailable, your ISP's server is down, or your own system or company Internet gateway (if you're on a LAN) is not working. How to handle it: Wait a minute and try again. If you get the message for a lengthy period or with every attempt to connect to any site, check that your PC and LAN connections are functioning, and then check with your ISP or the remote site. This may entail a phone call to their tech support line." for those wanting to know if a site is down for everyone or if the problem is just on your end this is a great link to use to find out exactly that. Here is a link that might be useful: downforeveryone

anytime you want to know if it is just you or is it down for every one try using this link, I keep it in my faves list. http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ just put the site address in and it will tell you Here is a link that might be useful: down for everyone

No, that's right side up. I have a similar Hansgrohe valve - mine is thermostatic although (annoyingly) the temperature settings aren't labelled on the escutcheon plate. The large control at the bottom controls temperature - move left for colder, right for hotter. The smaller top lever on mine is a volume control and diverter in one. Upward is off; left and right send water to the tub spout and shower respectively, with the water volume increasing until the control is sideways 90 degrees from top. It rotates 360 degrees in either direction; the bottom half is for combining both tub and shower outlets in any proportion (useful if you have a handshower attached to the tub spout as I plan to do, so you can use the regular showerhead and the handheld simultaneously). Behind the trim plate is Hangrohe's excellent universal box that allows easy access to the valve from the front which makes repairs, modifications, or style changes easy. I never knew about those drop ear adapters, and thought the choice of tub spout plumbing had to be decided based on which spout you planned to install. I'd seen inexpensive tub spouts that have a second outlet on them for attaching a handshower, with a diverter control on the spout: and the ones I've seen require a long threaded pipe like the one the original poster had installed, so that's what I specified. But if I ever wanted to change it to, say, this Kohler Souris waterfall spout I'd need to take a hacksaw to the pipe because the Kohler spout uses the set screw attachment method and can't have a long pipe extending from the wall. It would be nice to be able to change between tub spouts easily if I so choose. Speaking of which, would it be easy (or at least possible) to change my existing long threaded pipe to a drop ear adapter after the installation has been completed, without removing the 12"x12" wall tiles or anything else?