Despite having all the various editing programs out there, I would suggest Faststone Image Viewer! For PCs
See: https://www.faststone.org/

I use it for quick "fast and dirty" editing when working on a bunch of images. It's a raw viewer and a basic editor with slider controls as well as a video player and also easily allows you to use other programs for more complicated manipulations.

And the price is right! You can donate something if you find the software useful.

Be well! Ed

The most CAPABLE options all have significant learning curves. Lightroom and Lightroom Classic are confusing to many folks, because they are designed as HUBS of a digital workflow. They include a database called a catalog, that references your original raw files and completed, edited images. The catalog does not alter or contain your actual images, but displays proxies and creates metadata (data about data) or INSTRUCTIONS for processing a file when you print it, export it, or post it to the Internet. The two Lightrooms are designed to work with Photoshop and all your other digital tools.

Photoshop is a very old, mature program in development since the late 1980s, so it includes hundreds of tools used by photographers, designers, marketers, printers... It's fantastic once understood, but admittedly, it is bloatware!

That said, I'd look at:

Photoshop *Elements* (non-subscription)
Serif Affinity Photo (non-subscription)

Both of these are bitmap editors, meaning they edit your data at the pixel level. That is as opposed to parametric editors, such as Lightroom and Lightroom Classic, which make primarily global adjustments to tones, colors, etc.

Don't forget to look on YouTube for tutorials and training videos for whatever you buy. Some of them are quite good.

Don't give up! Learning to use a computer and software is like crawling through a brick wall, but on the other side is a virtual toy store with all the things you ever wanted to play with, plus a virtual cafeteria with all your favorite foods.

Forgive me for being caustic, but does anybody read? Pattilu, in the first post wrote, "I’m a newbie ..........and looking for “photo editing software for dummies.” Later Pattilu wrote that the computer uses windows.

UHH recommendations have been to try Affinity, Gimp 2, Luminar, Luminar AI, try harder with Lightroom, Smart Photo Editor, PT Photo Edit, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop Elements, Faststone Image Viewer, Irfanview, Photoscape X and Photoshop.

Pattilu's computer in use has Windows. It has "Photos". It opens the image file and has all the usual adjustments. Why do we all list what we've spent years learning and loving?

For the record, I use three versions of Lightroom, Photoshop, some Topaz stuff, Photoshop Elements, Premiere Elements, Premiere Pro, a little DaVinci Resolve and a little After Effects. I love them all. Pattilu has asked for a place for "dummies" to start.

The most basic and begging point on a Windows computer is Microsoft's included version of "Photos". Look at the easy to use sliders! Perfect place to start!