From 7090f35ef6488cfff4cd9eced456378c4ca8e09d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ben Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 17:29:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention xp-wont-run. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@6264 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/faq.but | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 1c5dad4c..18d42909 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -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 -- 2.11.0