Hi Trouble, thanks for responding. As far as I can tell I do have the Gmail Notifier and it is working, i.e. I get pop-up notifications & bells when unread mail arrive. When I go into Gmail settings, however, it tells me "this browser does not support desktop notifications"....so that's another mystery to me.
I have tried your suggestion of clicking 'options' and when I do, I get a drop-down box that asks me what web browser I want Gmail Notification to use when displaying my inbox. My choices are Internet Explorer and System Default. I think I tried both, to no avail. Which one should I choose?
Thanks again,
Larry