Mention xp-wont-run.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@6264 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e

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@@ -985,6 +985,17 @@ will be sacrificing security for this. (Falling back to SSH-1 would
 also remove the delays, but would lose a \e{lot} more security
 still. We do not recommend it.)
 
+\S{faq-xpwontrun}{Question} PuTTY fails to start up.  Windows claims that
+\q{the application configuration is incorrect}.
+
+This is caused by a bug in certain versions of \i{Windows XP} which is
+triggered by PuTTY 0.58.  It can be avoided by installing
+Service Pack 2, by using a different version of PuTTY, or by installing
+a special \i{manifest file} alongside the PuTTY executable.
+The
+\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/xp-wont-run}{\q{xp-wont-run}}
+entry in PuTTY's wishlist has more details.
+
 \H{faq-secure} Security questions
 
 \S{faq-publicpc}{Question} Is it safe for me to download PuTTY and