Mention the dangers of the "-pw" option.

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-\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.65 2004/03/30 11:36:51 jacob Exp $
+\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.71 2004/05/26 09:19:48 jacob Exp $
 
 \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
 
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ option to be enabled or disabled as you choose. The controls are in
 the Terminal panel, in the section marked \q{Line discipline
 options}.
 
+\S{faq-savedsettings}{Question} Does PuTTY support storing settings,
+so I don't have to change them every time?
+
+Yes, all of PuTTY's settings can be saved in named session profiles.
+See \k{config-saving} in the documentation for how to do this.
+
 \S{faq-disksettings}{Question} Does PuTTY support storing its
 settings in a disk file?
 
@@ -264,8 +270,8 @@ and certainly isn't yet useful.  PuTTY on portable devices would
 clearly be a useful thing, so in the long term I hope it can be
 brought up to release quality.
 
-There's a also third-party port at
-\W{http://pocketputty.aleq.cz/}\c{http://pocketputty.aleq.cz/}.
+There's also a third-party port at
+\W{http://pocketputty.duxy.net/}\c{http://pocketputty.duxy.net/}.
 
 \S{faq-win31}{Question} Is there a port to Windows 3.1?
 
@@ -559,8 +565,8 @@ In order to use Plink on these systems, you will need to download
 the
 \W{http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wuadmintools/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/}{WinSock 2 upgrade}:
 
-\c http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wuadmintools/
-\c   s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/
+\c http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/
+\c   wuadmintools/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/
 
 \S{faq-outofmem}{Question} After trying to establish an SSH 2
 connection, PuTTY says \q{Out of memory} and dies.
@@ -667,12 +673,16 @@ This is a Windows problem, not a PuTTY problem. The timeout value
 can't be set on per application or per session basis. To increase
 the TCP timeout globally, you need to tinker with the Registry.
 
-On Windows 95, 98 or ME, the registry key you need to change is
+On Windows 95, 98 or ME, the registry key you need to create or
+change is
 
 \c HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\
 \c   MSTCP\MaxDataRetries
 
 (it must be of type DWORD in Win95, or String in Win98/ME).
+(See MS Knowledge Base article
+\W{http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;158474}{158474}
+for more information.)
 
 On Windows NT or 2000, the registry key is
 
@@ -680,6 +690,9 @@ On Windows NT or 2000, the registry key is
 \c   Parameters\TcpMaxDataRetransmissions
 
 and it must be of type DWORD.
+(See MS Knowledge Base article
+\W{http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;120642}{120642}
+for more information.)
 
 Set the key's value to something like 10. This will cause Windows to
 try harder to keep connections alive instead of abandoning them.
@@ -1036,6 +1049,22 @@ developers. If you want to be sure your donation is going towards
 something worthwhile, ask us first. If you don't like these terms,
 feel perfectly free not to donate. We don't mind.
 
+\S{faq-permission}{Question} Can I have permission to put PuTTY on a
+cover disk / distribute it with other software / etc?
+
+Yes. You need not bother asking us explicitly for permission. You
+already have permission. Redistribution of the unmodified PuTTY
+binary in this way is entirely permitted by our licence, and you are
+welcome to do it as much as you like.
+
+If you are distributing PuTTY within your own organisation, or for
+use with your own product, then we recommend (but do not insist)
+that you offer your own first-line technical support, to answer
+questions directly relating to the interaction of PuTTY with your
+particular environment. If your users mail us directly, we won't be
+able to give them very much help about things specific to your own
+setup.
+
 \H{faq-misc} Miscellaneous questions
 
 \S{faq-openssh}{Question} Is PuTTY a port of OpenSSH, or based on