Thanks Pat - I did check enable avatar and did upload, update and save.....but when I go back into my profile I don't see anything there - enable avatar is still checked off. Now I also saw it can take up to 10 minutes to update so I'll wait a bit more and see. I used one of the sample photos from my laptop - perhaps it is too big....
I'll see what happens, double check the thread you referred me to and let you know if I'm still lost.
thanks!