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• Install vpn if you don't have it already. Instructions from SCCS are here: https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/NetMan/How+to+Connect+to+SLAC+VPN
• Download and install the vnc for windows viewer client software executable from here: http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/winvncviewer.html; (make a shortcut on your desktop)
• Download and install putty, if you don't have it already. Once you install and run vpn, you can get putty from the SLAC xweb: https://xweb.slac.stanford.edu

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• Create a connection to SLAC using vpn (see vpn link above)
• Invoke a command window on your PC:
  • click the Start Button in the lower lefthand corner of your screen
  • enter Command in the search box
  • select "Command line tools" from the list
• In the command window, use putty to create a secure scp tunnel to the vncserver host, and your vncserver port:
  • putty -ssh -L pcport:localhost:59displaynum vncserverhost.slac.stanford.edu
    • pcport = port on your pc, 590anything, e.g. 5901
    • displaynum = 2-digit vncserver session i, as noted when you started the vncserver, with leading 0 if needed, see above
    • vncserverhost = host where vncserver is running
  • for example
    putty -ssh -L 5901:localhost:5903 iris01.slac.stanford.edu
    or
    putty -ssh -L 5902:localhost:5912 iris02.slac.stanford.edu

• Now run the vnc client:

References 

SLAC Linux VNC page: http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/unix/vnc.html

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