X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/dc08d858e78fc5c55c4bb1975b5df4b2db12d869..9234175a8cc19eac28c5fd815052b05966e0d07c:/doc/faq.but diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 524b6a8d..e2d221e2 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.74 2004/08/10 16:50:30 jacob Exp $ +\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.79 2004/09/09 10:37:17 jacob Exp $ \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ @@ -867,6 +867,27 @@ The reason why this only started to be a problem in 0.54 is because the alternate screen, and previous versions of PuTTY did not support this sequence. +\S{faq-alternate-localhost}{Question} Since I upgraded Windows XP +to Service Pack 2, I can't use addresses like \cw{127.0.0.2}. + +Some people who ask PuTTY to listen on localhost addresses other +than \cw{127.0.0.1} to forward services such as SMB and Windows +Terminal Services have found that doing so no longer works since +they upgraded to WinXP SP2. + +This is apparently an issue with SP2 that is acknowledged by Microsoft +in MS Knowledge Base article +\W{http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;884020}{884020}. + +For a fix, you'll need to contact Microsoft support, as mentioned in +the KB article. We've been told that the process is reasonably easy, +and is free of charge; and that the fix will be included in the next +Windows XP Service Pack (but probably not before). + +(\e{However}, we've been told that SP2 \e{also} fixes the bug that +means you need to use non-\cw{127.0.0.1} addresses to forward +Terminal Services in the first place.) + \H{faq-secure} Security questions \S{faq-publicpc}{Question} Is it safe for me to download PuTTY and