Gmail and Internet Explorer Compatibility View Problem

[bravejordy]

Just set up a gmail account yesterday but every time I sign in I get a red bar stating: "It looks like you have enabled Internet Explorer Compatibility View. Gmail works best if you turn this off."

The instructions for IE8 tell me to:-

1. Open the "Tools" menu from the top of my browser and select "Compatibility View Settings".

2. Select 'google.com' under "Websites you've added to Compatibility View".

3. Click "Remove".

Then, supposedly when I close the Settings window, the page should refresh and display normal IE8 mode.

Incidentally, my computer (Windows XP) does have the latest Windows updates installed.

But here's the thing, 'google.com' does NOT appear in my list of "Websites you've added to Compatibility View List", it does, however, appear in the bar where it gives the option to "Add this website".

I've tried the obvious solution of Adding the website and then Removing it, but no matter what I try I still keep getting the same message that "It looks like you have enabled Internet Explorer Compatibility View..."

There is an option to remove the red bar by selecting "Dismiss" (which is the option I'm using at the moment, but there does seem to be some stability issues) but I'm baffled as to why this bar appears every time I sign in.

Anyone know how to resolve this problem?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.