First thing, if you're required to use a Windows workstation, is install Cygwin, and I really like puttycyg[1] as a terminal.
One fairly simple install gives you all the basic unix utilities, and almost anything else, yes even X11 stuff, is available in a fairly usable click-to-install management interface.
One fairly simple install gives you all the basic unix utilities, and almost anything else, yes even X11 stuff, is available in a fairly usable click-to-install management interface.
[1] https://code.google.com/p/puttycyg/