downloading, installing, using Cygwin in MS Windows XP Professional

[Karen Barrett]

There are so many questions, & probably some I'm not aware of, so if you know how to do the above, please let me know.  I would very much like to download the Brahms piano concerto #1 in Dm Op 15 --

     Installation -- for "root directory", is <C:/DRIVERS> OK?

         For "default text file type", my internet subscription service (Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL)) says I can't use UNIX because it won't work with MS Windows and DOS would seem potentially problematic for MS XP Professional Windows.  So - what to do here?

        On "local package directory" -- which one's appropriate for me?  Why would I need all that stuff?  Is "current" right? what would work here?

        Shouldd I choose "direct connection"?

        For download site -- which one works?  I didn't choose sites with ftp because I wondered about a UNIX connection.  http sites were immediately regurgigated by this monster.

       On one of my trips on this "merry"-go-round, 6 folders named bin, etc, lib, tmp, usr and var appeared on my desktop along with 3 more Cygwin icons -- 1) dimensions 72 x 72 6.85KB, on dbl right click it made a blank window with a Cygwin icon in the middle and a little toolbar row on the bottom; 2) on double right click, this one flashed very quickly off; 3) "type MS-DOS Batch File Size: 95 bytes A right click produced properties, general, compatibility tabs.  I followed the compatibility instructions for windows and wound up with the plethora of sites from which to choose "get software from".  which one?

          So, if you would send me directions applicable to my situation to install, download and use this lilypond/cygwin software that any dummy such as moi could use, I would much appreciate it.  thank you