so I'm going through the onemonthrails online classes, however I've run into a problem.

Unlike when using a Mac, It's not possible to create a separate 'tab' to continue working whilst the rails server is running or in general. So I've tried just opening another GitBash window like the tutorial suggests, from the programs/apps menu in Windows 8 (whilst the other one is running) but no luck.

Apologies if this is a dumb questions, but am I missing something obvious?