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 ====== Logging into the Astronomy Cluster ======
-For desktops - normally you will log into a machine directly from a keyboard and monitor attached to the machine. If you want to log in from a remote location like home or another institution, note that we only allow external logins via the SSH protocol. Most Unix machines have the SSH command installed, and SSH software is available for Windows (PuTTy) and Mac machines as well.
+For desktops - normally you will log into a machine directly from a keyboard and monitor attached to the machine. If you want to log in from a remote location like home or another institution, note that we only allow external logins via the SSH protocol. Most Unix machines have the SSH command installed, and SSH software is available for Windows (PuTTy) and Mac machines as well (though now most windows machines have PowerShell which is a unix-like terminal).
 By default, however, direct access to all of the Linux machines except the server, astronomy, is closed off to all outside machines except for the Apache Point Subnet; this is done to help to improve security. You can always log into astronomy from other locations, and if necessary, log into other cluster machines from astronomy.
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-====== Log In from Windows Machines (PuTTy) ======
+====== Log In from Windows Machines ======
-If you have a Windows computer you will need to use PuTTy to SSH into the astronomy cluster. PuTTy is an Open Source SSH client for Windows. You will first need to download it at - https://www.putty.org/
+Recent versions of Windows have ssh available in a PowerShell window, which you can use the same steps as above.
+If you want to be able to do X11 forwarding (i.e., to open display windows), install VcXsrv first. Then start VcXsrc using XLaunch. In powershell window, enter $env:DISPLAY = "localhost:0". Then do the ssh command as above.
+==== Using PuTTy (older) ====
+If you have a Windows computer you can also use PuTTy to SSH into the astronomy cluster. PuTTy is an Open Source SSH client for Windows. You will first need to download it at - https://www.putty.org/
 Once download, open up PuTTy - you will need to change the hostname, but the rest of the defaults should be fine (do double check the ones listed below!)
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 hyades
 milkyway (ask holtz for use)
-praesepe
+praesepe (offline)
 virgo
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