Gmail notifier: service temporarily unavailable message

I do not use google talk and was having trouble using Gmail Notifier. From http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=9429:

If you've enabled the 'Always use https' setting in Gmail, you'll need to install a patch for the Notifier to work with this setting:

1. Download the patch (.zip).
2. Open the folder.
3. Double-click the notifier_https.reg file.
4. Click yes when you're asked to confirm if you want to add the information to the registry.
5. Restart the Notifier.

If you decide you no longer want to use the https setting, you'll need to install the other file included in the download to reset the Notifier. Use the same method as above, except with 'notifier_https_undo.reg.'