xp compressed folder problem

frankief | 19:16 Wed 21st Jan 2009 | Computers

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I am trying to send some photos by email.
There are about 12 in a folder - total 9mb,all saved as JPEG images by Windows.
Let's compress them, I have the inbuilt XP zip utility!
Right click/ send to/compressed folder.
Do you want to designate Compressed Folders as application to handle zip files/ YES!
Zip file created...but it's still 9mb!! What has gone wrong?

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ChuckFickens

Jpegs are already a compressed format... you can't compress them again.

Rollo

You neede to compress the individual photos so that they take up far less bytes.

Irfanview (free) will do that for you.

http://www.irfanview.net/

ChuckFickens

Remember the more you compress photos the more quality you lose though.

Rollo

If the photos are just being emailed - as opposed to goined to be printed - then compressing them makes no noticible difference, I find.

frankief

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That explains it, thanks guys.
I've sent it through anyway, it's finally left my computer, let's see if it arrives in one piece!
Do ISPs still have a size limit on files?

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