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@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ options}.
 so I don't have to change them every time?
 
 Yes, all of PuTTY's settings can be saved in named session profiles.
+You can also change the default settings that are used for new sessions.
 See \k{config-saving} in the documentation for how to do this.
 
 \S{faq-disksettings}{Question} Does PuTTY support storing its
@@ -380,12 +381,12 @@ 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 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 want to change the
-location of the random number seed file, you can put your chosen
-pathname in the Registry, at
+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
+want to change the location of the random number seed file, you can
+put your chosen pathname in the Registry, at
 
 \c HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\RandSeedFile
 
@@ -729,14 +730,16 @@ change is
 \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
+On Windows NT, 2000, or XP, the registry key to create or change is
 
 \c HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\
 \c   Parameters\TcpMaxDataRetransmissions
 
 and it must be of type DWORD.
-(See MS Knowledge Base article
+(See MS Knowledge Base articles
 \W{http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;120642}{120642}
+and
+\W{http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053}{314053}
 for more information.)
 
 Set the key's value to something like 10. This will cause Windows to
@@ -838,13 +841,13 @@ default cipher differs from many other clients.)
 
 \e{OpenSSH 3.1p1:} configurations known to be broken (and symptoms):
 
-\b SSH-2 with AES cipher (PuTTY says "Assertion failed! Expression:
-(len & 15) == 0" in sshaes.c, or "Out of memory", or crashes)
+\b SSH-2 with AES cipher (PuTTY says \q{Assertion failed! Expression:
+(len & 15) == 0} in \cw{sshaes.c}, or \q{Out of memory}, or crashes)
 
-\b SSH-2 with 3DES (PuTTY says "Incorrect MAC received on packet")
+\b SSH-2 with 3DES (PuTTY says \q{Incorrect MAC received on packet})
 
-\b SSH-1 with Blowfish (PuTTY says "Incorrect CRC received on
-packet")
+\b SSH-1 with Blowfish (PuTTY says \q{Incorrect CRC received on
+packet})
 
 \b SSH-1 with 3DES
 
@@ -856,8 +859,8 @@ bug 138 above, or use another cipher (e.g., 3DES) instead.
 and workarounds with older versions of OpenSSH, although it's not
 clear the underlying cause is the same.
 
-\S{faq-ssh2key-ssh1conn}{Question} Why do I see "Couldn't load private
-key from ..."? Why can PuTTYgen load my key but not PuTTY?
+\S{faq-ssh2key-ssh1conn}{Question} Why do I see \q{Couldn't load
+private key from ...}? Why can PuTTYgen load my key but not PuTTY?
 
 It's likely that you've generated an SSH protocol 2 key with PuTTYgen,
 but you're trying to use it in an SSH-1 connection. SSH-1 and SSH-2 keys