How do I copy pictures and videos from my iPhone to a PC (no iPhoto)?

Please listen. If you all would simply take 5 minutes and download iTunes to your computer and then make the transfers through that program to your computer, it is so, SO much easier. Nobody should call anyone else "stupid" or incompetent or any other name. If the name callers need an outlet for that type of behavior, go to a Yahoo blog and do it there. For whatever reason, "Microsoft" makes it very vague and difficult for anyone trying to do anything "Apple" on a Windows based computer system. The easiest way around it all is to just download iTunes to your computer. It's a free download and it is an important part of the step to a hassle free way to get anything you want off of your phone and into your computer. I have a laptop using Windows 7 and I was doing the same thing most of you all are doing. I was banging my head trying to figure out why something so simple was so difficult to do. It is important to do this in the following steps: BEFORE attaching your phone to your computer, download iTunes. It will ask you for your iTunes password. What was difficult for me was understanding that my "iTunes" password is the same as my "Apple" password and it's the same one you use if you have ever bought a song or any other download for your phone. This is what is going to give your computer the "Ah Ha" moment when you plug in your phone after iTunes is on your computer. Once it is downloaded, open the iTunes program just like you do any other, by clicking on it. Once open, attach your phone to your computer with the USB cable. You phone will ask if you trust the computer, tap "Trust". Now you will see a phone in the upper left of your open iTunes screen. Click on it. You will also see "Sync Phone", so click on that. It will take about 3-4 minutes max to sync your phone to your computer and you only have to do it this one time. (You can sync your phone to up to 5 different computers or devices at a time.) A status bar will be at the top of the iTunes page starting at the left and progressing to the right of the top of the page as it downloads your information. Once done, you may see the menu choices on the left side of the page change and the top selection will be "Summary" (you may have to click on the little phone icon at the upper left portion of your screen after the sync is done to access your phone's information). If you see the word "Summary" at the top of the list of choices, you will know you have synced it successfully. Click on "Summary" and you will see how much memory has been used in your phone by individual things such as photos, music, etc. You can also take this time to choose the option to backup your entire phone's contents onto your computer or backup just portions of it. If I remember correctly, my music was automatically downloaded onto the iTunes page during syncing. Anything you bought from the app store as far as music should be there. Clicking on the "Music" option will show you what music is now on your computer. You can copy it from there to any other music venue you use on your computer. Photos and videos can also now be downloaded on your computer and you can elect to erase them from your phone to make room if you like. I just cannot stress enough that iTunes is the "guts" to an easy "info highway" between your phone and your computer. After navigating through it a few times, you will get the hang of how things work. I hope this helps you out.

I totally agree win you, many of these post are obviously full of themselves and not actually reading nut assuming were idiots and don't know how to connect and transfer through USB. How many times do you have to say that doesn't work, device isn't being recognize. I have the same issue with my iPad 1 and cannot afford to buy a new device. I have researched this and haven't tried it yet but I fou d two possible good solutions. The first one is tying to manually download new driver in device manager for apple mobile device under portable devices or USB device. Pick install from list from pc instead of having window Ty to find it, because it wills say it's already got the newest driver. Then in the list chose driver or something like that, I'm sorry I don't have the instructions handy. Another possible fix was to disconnect iPad sign out of iCloud and see if it detects your device that way. Hope this helps. Tried posting the link but it blocks it. I'm trying the tips tomorrow, fingers crossed.