I should have thought of this sooner.
Ever since Windows XP, Microsoft has had some thing they call Power Toys. In that group of utilities is an image resizer.
Once installed, if you have a directory listing on your screen say in the Windows explorer, if you right click on the image name a menu flys open.
It says things like preview, edit, cut, cop, rename, delete, print, etc. Now it will also say "resize pictures".
3 factory sizes plus a custom size and a percentage change will be offered.
This is very quick utility and requires no knowledge of any paint or editing software to use.
Since XP support was dropped last week. I put the download file on my webserver. I have no intentions of getting rid of that domain name so the file is secure
It works with XP perfectly, it will not work with Win7. I have never tested it with other versions
the file is at:
http://www.calzaretta.com/tools/Imag...ertoySetup.exe
This should probably be added into the FAQ about pictures for anybody using XP.