if you have ever downloaded an app, I'm assuming you have, onto an android phone, you have a google account that means you have already on your PC an extremely simple way to do what you want. However you don't seem to want to know, so good luck with the above advice.
Connect your phone to one of the USB slots on the PC and the phone should show up as another drive on the windows file explorer. You can then transfer the photo files in the same way as you'd move another files around. This is what I did, and I didn't need to install anything to do it. You obviously need the right kind of cable to connect though.
TTT - didn't mean to appear to be ignoring you, was in and out and didn't have time to reply to you personally, but thanks again for your input - much appreciated.