I suggest you first put an icon on your desktop for MS Paint so you'll have easy access. Go to Start, Programs, Accessories, and right-click on Paint. On the menu select Send to, followed by Desktop (create shortcut).

Resizing a Photo with MS Paint: Most photos taken by digital cameras are too large to be sent by email. Nobody likes to receive a photo that has to be scrolled horizontally or vertically to see it and some lists like RBmail limit the size to 600 Megabytes. Most photos are .jpg files. Right-click on the filename and select Open with, followed by Paint. If Paint is not on the menu click Choose default program and search for it. It's at C:\Windows\System 32\mspaint.exe. After your photo is displayed on MS Paint, click on Image, followed by Resize/Skew and select the percent you wish to reduce the photo to. Usually 50% makes a nice size to send with email. If you want to try a different size click on Edit, Undo. Click on File, Save to have the resized file replace the original or Save as to give it a new name and preserve the original. I use MS Paint to resize photos for my email announcements.

Putting a label on a picture with MS Paint: Right-click on the picture's filename and select Open with, followed by Paint. When the image appears click A on the left to create a text bar. Put the mouse cursor on the picture where you want a label and hold down the left key and drag a white text bar across the picture, usually at the bottom. If you don't like the bar size, click on the picture to start over. Now type your label in the text bar, noting that you can select the type font and size using the text tool bar. If you don't see it clicks on View, Text Toolbar. I used MS Paint to put labels on photos I converted from 35mm slides.

Cropping a photo with MS Paint: Right-click on the filename and select Open with, followed by Paint. When the image appears, select the dotted rectangle on the left and while holding the mouse key down, create a box around the portion of the picture you want to save. To redo the box, click anywhere outside of it and start over. Now click on Edit, Copy, followed by File, New, Edit, and Paste. The cropped photo will now appear where you can go to File, Save as and give it a new filename.

Create an Icon for your desktop with MS Paint: Open MS Paint. Click on Image, Attributes and set size to 32 x 32 pixels. Enlarge display by clicking on View, Zoom, Custom, 800%. Draw your picture. Click on Save as and save it somewhere with a filename.ico after selecting it as a 24 bit Bitmap type. To replace an existing desktop icon with yours right-click on it and select Properties, Change Icon. Now click on Browse to locate the icon you created and saved and follow instructions to have it replace the old one.