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Launch from command line with putty -load <session name> for a pre-saved profile or from scratch, use -ssh or -telnet options as in putty -ssh myname@hostname

Here's another variation: putty.exe telnet://host[:port]/

Enable X windows by selecting X11 Forwarding option

Other options:
-l = user name
-pw = password (SSH only)
-X/x = turn on/off X11 Forwarding

Putty problem working with Xming

For unknown reasons, trying to copy text from an Xming window into a putty console freezes the console. There is some bad mojo between Xming and the Windows clipboard. This is strange because they recommend using putty. Other than that, Xming is pretty useful.
http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/
In case of an Xming crash, followed by remote run problems with GUIs such as 'Fatal I/O Error' an Xming restart or reboot is required.

If this error shows up when trying to do a pscp, security violation: remote host attempted to write to a '.' or '..' path!, then use the -scp option in the command.

For multi-screen Xming: The solution is to specify a screen size to begin with that is as wide and tall as both of the screens. On my docked notebook the two displays are the notebook’s display (1920×1200 pixels) and 2nd display (1600×1200 pixels, which rotates to 1200×1600). So that means the combined screen width is 3520 pixels, and the tallest screen height is 1600 pixels. Specify this to Xming when it starts: path\to\xming.exe :0 -clipboard -multiwindow -screen 0 3520x1600