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@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ completely is the wrong solution and we will not do it.
 
 If you have host keys available in the common \i\c{known_hosts} format,
 we have a script called 
-\W{http://www.tartarus.org/~simon-anonsvn/viewcvs.cgi/putty/contrib/kh2reg.py?view=markup}\c{kh2reg.py}
+\W{http://svn.tartarus.org/putty/contrib/kh2reg.py?view=markup}\c{kh2reg.py}
 to convert them to a Windows .REG file, which can be installed ahead of
 time by double-clicking or using \c{REGEDIT}.
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ seems to be working so far.
 
 Currently, release versions of PuTTY tools only run on full Win32
 systems and Unix. \q{Win32} includes Windows 95, 98, and ME, and it
-includes Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
+includes Windows NT, 2000, XP, and Vista.
 
 In the development code, a partial port to the Mac OS (see
 \k{faq-mac-port}) is under way.
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ has taken the time to do it.
 Most of the code cleanup work would be a good thing to happen in
 general, so if anyone feels like helping, we wouldn't say no.
 
+See also
+\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/dll-frontend.html}{the wishlist entry}.
+
 \S{faq-vb}{Question} Is the SSH or Telnet code available as a Visual
 Basic component?
 
@@ -383,10 +386,9 @@ while host keys are stored under \c{SshHostKeys}.
 
 PuTTY also requires a random number seed file, to improve the
 unpredictability of randomly chosen data needed as part of the SSH
-cryptography. This is stored by default in a file called \i\c{PUTTY.RND}
-in your Windows home directory (\c{%HOMEDRIVE%\\%HOMEPATH%}), or in
-the actual Windows directory (such as \c{C:\\WINDOWS}) if the home
-directory doesn't exist, for example if you're using Win95. If you
+cryptography. This is stored by default in a file called \i\c{PUTTY.RND};
+this is stored by default in the \q{Application Data} directory,
+or failing that, one of a number of fallback locations. If you
 want to change the location of the random number seed file, you can
 put your chosen pathname in the Registry, at
 
@@ -1398,11 +1400,12 @@ and pay any costs, we can't provide this.
 \H{faq-misc} Miscellaneous questions
 
 \S{faq-openssh}{Question} Is PuTTY a port of \i{OpenSSH}, or based on
-OpenSSH?
+OpenSSH or OpenSSL?
 
 No, it isn't. PuTTY is almost completely composed of code written
 from scratch for PuTTY. The only code we share with OpenSSH is the
-detector for SSH-1 CRC compensation attacks, written by CORE SDI S.A.
+detector for SSH-1 CRC compensation attacks, written by CORE SDI
+S.A; we share no code at all with OpenSSL.
 
 \S{faq-sillyputty}{Question} Where can I buy silly putty?