Well it turns out Microsoft has pulled the functionality from the built-in Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 7 and moved it to the Windows Live Photo Gallery application. XP (yes, there were things improved in Vista over XP).
Simple things that Vista included in the Windows Photo Viewer that was one of the things I loved about Vista vs. And of course, a few of them need cropped, or red eye fixed, etc. I'm using it now on my new primary laptop computer, and going through pictures getting ready for the holidays.