Free video-editing software?
 

I'm looking for a simple / easy to use digital video-editing software. Any recommendations on shareware or downloadable software?

All I want to do is:
1. Splice video blog clips ("cut here, splice here," simple stuff)
2. Maybe put in some text comments here and there.
3. Condense certain clips so it looks fast forwarded.
4. Pull it together and post a video for youtube.

What I'm looking for is probably as simple as what iMovie is capable of on a Mac, but unfortunately I don't own one.

Have you tried Windows Movie Maker, the tool Microsoft included with Windows?

Surprisingly, both computers did not come with it.

Strange. It should come bundled in with the OS.

Here's a link for XP: Windows XP: Movie Maker 2.1 Download