January, 2009:

Is your current Gmail password complicated and obscure enough to be guessed by your friends? Well, if you’re one of those people who use their childhood nicknames or favorite colors as their passwords, then maybe this is the right time to change them.

Here is a step-by-step process on how you can change your current Gmail password

1. Open the Settings menu.

The first step in changing your Gmail password is to open the Gmail Settings menu. You can do this by clicking on the SETTINGS link on the upper right corner of the Gmail homepage.

2. Choose the Accounts tab.

Once the Settings menu is opened, click on the Accounts tab to view the available options that you can use to change or modify your Gmail account settings.

3. Click the Google Account Settings link.

On the fourth row on the Gmail Accounts tab, you will find the Google Account Settings link. Click this link to open the Google Accounts page where you can reset and change you current Gmail Password.

4. Select the Change Password option.

Upon opening the Google Accounts page, find the Change Password option on the Personal Settings column. The Change Password option is seen as an underlined phrase in a blue-colored font. Click this option to finally open the Change Password page.

5. Change the current password.

There are four blank fields on the Change Password page: current password, security question, new password, and confirm new password. Unless you forgot your current password, just leave the field for the security question blank and enter the accurate alphanumeric symbols for the other three. Don’t forget to click the Save button to confirm and finalize the password change.

Are you having problems with attaching digital photos that are too large to be attached in your email message? If you do, then you better read the following steps on how to resize and email your digital photos using Windows XP.

1. Open the My Pictures folder.

The first thing you need to do is to open the My Pictures folder in the My Documents folder in your computer. In the My Pictures folder, select the digital photo or photos that you wish to resize and forward via email. You can perform the selection by simply clicking on each digital photo while holding the CTRL key on your keyboard.

2. Click the Email the Selected Items link.

After selecting the digital photos you wish to resize and send, you can now start emailing them by clicking the Email the Selected Items link on the File and Folder Tasks pane at the left side of the screen. The Email the Selected Items link may also appear as Email this File or Email this Folder’s Files, depending on whether you selected a single photo or an entire folder.

3. Select the Make All My Pictures Smaller option.

Following step number two opens the Send Pictures via Email dialog box. In the said dialog box, choose the Make All My Pictures Smaller option to resize the digital photos you wish to send via email. If you want to specify how small you want your digital photos to be resized, just click the Show More Options link. Click the OK button to move on to step #4.

4. Send the resized digital photos.

Clicking the OK button prompts Windows XP to automatically activate your default email program, open your compose message window, and attach your resized digital photos. You just have to enter the recipient’s email address, the email’s subject heading, and the message’s content before you can finally send the email.

Archiving an email reply is a very tedious task: you have to compose a reply message, send it to its rightful recipient, and then find it in your inbox before you can finally save it to your archives. If you want a hassle-free process of archiving an email reply, you should probably check out the new Send & Archive feature from Gmail Labs.

Organizing the Gmail inbox

Send & Archive is an experimental feature from Gmail Labs that helps you organize your Gmail inbox by allowing you to forward and archive an email message with just one click. Enabling the Send & Archive feature automatically adds a Send and Archive button to the compose box every time you reply to an email. The Send and Archive button, when added, can be found before the Send button.

Enabling the Send & Archive feature

The first thing you need to do to enable the Send & Archive feature from Gmail Labs is to click on the Settings link that is found at the upper right side of your Gmail page. Clicking the Settings link activates the menu where you can change or modify your Gmail settings. To view a list of the experimental features that are currently offered via Gmail Labs, click on the Labs tab in the Settings menu. Because the Send & Archive feature is found near the end of the list, you have to scroll down to the bottom of the page in order to see it. To activate the Send & Archive feature, click on the tiny dot beside the Enable option. Don’t forget to click the Save button before you check the appearance of the Send and Archive button on the compose box.