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JPEG size made smaller by MSPAINT, why?

I have lots of JPEGs from DSLR, and they are roughly about 5-6MB per JPEG. I open any of them using MSPAINT, and click the SAVE and notice the size immediately go down to 2-3MB. Why? there seems no ...
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PNG file size is too big after converting from JPG

I try to convert a JPG file to PNG, but the size is still too big, about 7 MB. What's wrong? I used Microsoft Paint to convert it. The original file is only 500 KB in JPEG, yet the PNG file is 7 MB. ...
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Jpeg size difference

I have a 2560x1600 JPEG image and its file size is 2,532KB. Due to a website's upload restriction, I had to reduce the size of the image. Naturally I thought, "I'll just resize it in Windows so I can ...
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Paint for Windows seven 64 bits: How to change the default save format from png to jpg [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is it possible to change MS paint's default save file type to PNG When I copy an image in Paint and want so save it, the default format is png. How is it possible to set ...
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How can I make Windows Paint save by default as JPEG format?

Every time I want to save an image I've pasted into the Paint application, it chooses a BMP/DIB format (which is the worst for saving things from the clipboard). How can I hack Paint into defaulting ...
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