Windows XP had some neat little toys (called Power Toys) that you could download from Microsoft for free, one of which was the Image Resizer. This cool toy gave you the option to resize an image just by right clicking on it. I found I used it quite a lot, I then installed Vista on my PC's, which was all good until I needed to resize an image. I had to go through the process of installing something like Fireworks (trial edition) and then opening the image and resizing from with in there, again all good till my free trial expired.
I came across another free utility that did exactly what Image Resizer for XP did from VSO Software: VSO Image Resizer
Once installed you can right click on the image and click on VSO Image Resizer
And its that simple. It is free for personal use, however like a lot of things if you want to use it commercially then you will need to purchase it.
