If you have some free space on one of your drives and the partitions on it are too small, you might want to resize them to make them larger. Or maybe you want to resize one of the partitions on your drive to make it smaller and create a new partition in the space left unoccupied. Although you might think that you need third-party tools to do these tasks, the good news is that you do not need any. Windows already has everything you need. Here are two ways to resize a partition in Windows, using only built-in tools:

Do you know how excellent the System Configuration (msconfig.exe) tool from Windows is? Although it is a small and somewhat hidden tool, it allows you to change quite a few things about the way Windows works. Among other things, the System Configuration tool lets you configure how Windows starts, change the boot procedure, select startup services, and programs, and also start a series of useful administrative programs. If you want to know more about the things you can do with System Configuration, read this article:

With the help of the Task Scheduler, you can create all kinds of automated tasks to be run by Windows. For example, you can schedule some apps to run at specific time intervals or display a message on your desktop when something happens. Unfortunately, not many people know about this tool, as Windows does not advertise it as much as it deserves. To help you get started working with it, we created this guide on how to use the basic task wizard offered by the Task Scheduler. Here is how it works:

Windows 10 has a feature called assigned access that allows you to restrict a local user account to use only one app from the Microsoft Store. Thus, whenever someone signs in with that user account, he or she can use just the app that the administrator has assigned. The user won’t be able to switch or to close the app. The only thing he or she can do is use the assigned app and lock the device. In this article we show you how to set up the assigned access feature from Windows 10 and how to disable it when you no longer need it:

If you are a mobile user who travels a lot, you need a way to work or have fun, while flying. Luckily, just like a smartphone operating system, Windows has a feature called Airplane mode. You can turn it on so that you can use your laptop or tablet while flying, and disable it when you no longer need it. Here is what Airplane mode does, why you should use it and how, in Windows 10 and Windows 8.1:

The services are a vital part of Windows, without which the operating system could not function properly. They are the small minions that do most of the work in the background and make things happen. Services are not doing their jobs on their own, as they often need one another to achieve their goals. When a Windows service needs another service, for it to function it, is called that it has a dependency. In other words, some services rely on others, and that is why you should be extra-careful when you intend to disable, delay or change the way a Windows service starts. In this article, we show you how to identify the dependencies of Windows services and how to change their startup type: