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1. Login either as Administrator, or as a user in the Administrators group.
2. Create the folder c:\cygwin.
3. Using Internet Explorer, run setup.exe from the Cygwin web site, which is the Cygwin installer. Note that Firefox will not work - you must use Internet Explorer.
4. When the installer asks for Root Directory, enter C:\cygwin
5. When the installer asks for Local Package Directory, enter C:\glast\software\cygwin
6. When the installer presents the Select Packages screen, click the + sign next to Net, then click the icon next to the openssh package (the icon looks like a circle with arrows).

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1. Create a System environment variable (not a User environment variable) named CYGWIN with a value of ntsec tty.
2. Append C:\cygwin\bin to the System PATH environment variable (not the User PATH environment variable).

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1. Run bash by double clicking the Cygwin icon that the installer either put on your desktop, on the Start menu, or both. At the bash prompt, run ssh-host-config
2. If the script asks about "privilege separation", answer yes.
3. If the script asks about "local user", answer yes.
4. If the script asks about "install sshd as a service", answer yes.
5. If the script asks for "CYGWIN=", answer ntsec tty.

Start sshd and Test

1. To start the sshd service, at the base prompt run net start sshd or cygrunsrv -start sshd.
2. To stop the sshd service, at the base prompt run net stop sshd or cygrunsrv --stop sshd.
3. Test if the sshd service is working by running ssh $USERNAME@127.0.0.1.
4. If you weren't able to login, try running ssh-user-config.

Associate Windows usernames to Cygwin usernames