background:

Using Windows 7, Rails 3.0.7.

sign up for a free account at Heroku.com

move my SSH keys (the .ssh folder) under my home directory to c:\temp add a remote to my existing Git repository, and specify "heroku" as the remote "git@heroku.com:temp.git"

http://deadprogrammersociety.blogspot.com/2009/04/heroku-why-havent-i-been-using-you-till.html