Here is info on resizing the images really easily
Go here and download this outstanding little program:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pictureresizer.html
Place it on your desktop.
Rename it:
PhotoResize800.exe
Then drag any picture or directory with pictures in it on top of the icon.
The program will do an excellent reduction to 800 wide by whatever is required to keep from distorting the image.
It won't effect the originals at all. It creates new reduced images with the same name and "-800" appended to the image names.
If that still leaves too large an image you can reduce the 800 by whatever.