- Download PuTTY from https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html or another PuTTY download source. The "putty.exe" download is good for basic SSH. 
- Save the download to your C:\WINDOWS folder. 
- If you want to make a link to PuTTY on your desktop: - *Open the C:\WINDOWS folder in Windows Explorer. - *Right click on the putty.exe file and select Send To > Desktop(create shortcut) 
- Double-click on the putty.exe program or the desktop shortcut to launch the application. 
- Enter your connection settings: - *For the Port, please type in 2211 - *Connection Type: SSH (leave as default)  
- If this is your first time connecting to the server from this computer, you will see the following output. Accept the connection by clicking Yes.  
- Once the SSH Connection is open, you should see a terminal prompt asking for your username: "login as:". Connect with your SSH user of choice. 
- Next, enter your password. Please note that you will NOT see your cursor moving, or any characters typed (such as ******), when typing your password. This is a standard PuTTY security feature. Hit enter after you have entered your password. 
- You are now logged into your server with SSH. You can begin typing commands at the prompt.