On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 05:22:01PM -0500, Richard Aiken wrote:
> So it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that I do not know if it is
> possible to convert a commercially-purchased jpeg zip file into an image
> that can be displayed in (and thus manipulated using) Windows Paint on my
> laptop.

If the file is a .zip file containing (one or more) .jpeg files, then
yes, it's easy.  Just copy the jpeg file out of the zip using the
usual windows file explorer, and open the copy in any paint program
for editing.

- Tim