Slightly off topic, I upload video to youtube fairly regularly (attempt at world domination on guitar). In Vista, I would plug in the camcorder & it would detect it & open a dialogue box for video importing
In 7, I have found this no longer happens. However, the feature is still available. Windows live photo gallery will import video in exactly the same way as for Vista via the file tab. I can't remember if it's preloaded or whether you have to download it from the windows live tab in all programs - either way it's still available if that's your thing.