Working with Images in Windows Vista

Windows Vista Help: Pictures and Video
A great place to start for learning about the free tools available in Vista for transferring, organizing, editing, and sharing photos and video.
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/pictures.mspx

Windows Vista Help: Working with Digital Pictures
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/924a1b6f-6202-487c-a59b-f7130ce774a41033.mspx
"In this article, you'll learn how the tools in Windows can help you view, organize, edit, share, and print your digital pictures."
Includes sections on:

Getting pictures from your camera into your computer
Windows Photo Gallery and the Pictures folder
Viewing your pictures
Organizing and finding your pictures
Fixing pictures
Sharing pictures
Printing pictures
Backing up your pictures

Windows Vista Help: Editing Pictures in Photo Gallery
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/c75ce7d7-ed5e-459d-a674-220307aa8dc31033.mspx
"You can use Windows Photo Gallery to make changes to your pictures. You can improve the exposure and colors, change the composition, and remove red eye—all without using a separate editing program."