You will want a VNC client on your PC. A good opensource option is UltraVNC
connect the serial port from the beagleboard to the PC using the beagleboard serial adapter
connect USB to PC and boot Beagleboard the beagleboard will boot causing windows to detect the device
install the NDSIS drive per the required .inf is linked in the documentation and setup the network connection (IP address 192.168.0.1 or your preferred private address, and network mask 255.255.255.0 )
using a terminal program (hyperterm or realterm in ansi mode) connect to the serial port at 115200 8n1
log into beagle username and password angstrom
(you may need to be logged in as root to execute from sbin) configure network on beagleboard with the following command >/sbin/ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
now add a default route >/sbin/route add default gw 192.168.0.1
test the connection by pinging the windows box >ping 192.168.0.1
make sure your windows box is sharing the connection (advanced tab for the network connection)
setup name services, edit /etc/resolv.conf vi /etc/resolv.conf you will have one line that points to the windows box nameserver 192.168.0.1
now you should be able to ping a nearby network address by name eg: >ping google.com
update the package from the beagle terminal >opkg update
install VNC for beagle with the following >opkg install x11vnc
now create the VNC server on the beagle board >x11nvc -display :0 &
now connect to the vnc server using the windows vnc viewer start->programs->ultraVNC->Ultra VNC Viewer
in the VNC Server window type the IP address and display, such as 192.168.0.2:0 The default setting for connection speed of LAN (>1Mbit/s) is fine, click connect
You should see the beagleboard desktop in a window on your PC
