The recommended and described tools are:

1. putty (install package or portable). The latter does not need to be installed and does not need administrative rights therefore.
2. winscp install package or portable). The latter does not need to be installed and does not need administrative rights therefore.

For a howto for the installation, please look at the linked pages.

please refer to the linked pages for that

1. open the start meny
2. type puttygen
3. double click puttygen

1. click the button generate
2. follow the instructions (you have tp create some randomness with mouse movements)

1. click into the input box labeled Key passphrase and type passphrase
2. click into the input box labeled Confirm passphrase and type the passphrase again

1. click into the box labelled Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file
   
2. right click and select select all
3. press control-C
4. paste this into an email to jan.griesfeller@met.no or annac@met.no (or put this into a file that you attach)
5. you are ready to connect to aerocom-users.met.no as soon as your public key is activated by met.no

You have to export the private key so that it can be used with putty or WinSCP. Private key files have the file extension ppk with putty. Do this by clicking the button Export private key and store that at a place so that you will find it. You have to tell putty or WinSCP to use this key.

1. start putty
2. set the host name to connect to to aerocom-users.met.no
   
3. on the left hand side there is a box called Category
4. open the Connection→SSH part of it
5. click Auth
   
6. on the right hand side of the window you have to select the private key file to for the connection. Click the Browse button to do so selecting the just saved private key.
   
7. press the button Open
8. your user name is your email address e.g. mail@foo.bar
9. putty will ask you for the passphrase od the key
10. You should be connected to aerocom-users.met.no and see the terminal window.

Still to be written