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The easiest way to reduce the file size of your photos to make them email-friendly. Compatibility Windows PC running Vista, XP, 2003, 2000

Two free plug-ins for Windows Explorer and one free application are used in the Mainstream Guide called Getting Control of your Digital Photos. Click on the titles to go to the download sites.

Two plug-ins for Windows Explorer are used in the Mainstream Guide called Getting Control of Your Digital Photos.  Some of these -- especially the last two -- are useful utilities for many other applications. Click on the titles to go to the download sites:

Hey, after a plague of personal health distractions, it's great to be back among the living. It's left me lots of time to think about what comes next, and it's going to be a fairly significant project: Getting Control of Your Digital Photos.

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  Microsoft Photo Info, Piky Basket, Duplicate Cleaner

I'm calling this a 'project' because there are different aspects to this problem that require different pieces of software. I started with the assumption that all most people really need to organize, edit, and share their photos is a single program like Picasa, which is a very powerful program, indeed. However, I have come to think that there are some steps to take on the organization front before bringing in Picasa

I'm one of those friends/sons/fathers/uncles/brothers-in-law whom many come to for information and advice on how to accomplish something on the computer, and that was certainly a factor in deciding to do this website. As a Windows user, I'm of course aware that there are lots of people who use other operating systems, but also that the vast majority of home computer users use Windows.

So, from time to time, I'm going to make a 'quick tip' kind of Guide to respond to the kinds of things I'm asked about. Sometimes it will just be some very cool thing I've run across that I think some of my friends and family -- and you, if you haven't yet qualified -- would want to know.