-\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.67 2004/03/31 12:50:17 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.71 2004/05/26 09:19:48 jacob Exp $
\A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
the Terminal panel, in the section marked \q{Line discipline
options}.
+\S{faq-savedsettings}{Question} Does PuTTY support storing settings,
+so I don't have to change them every time?
+
+Yes, all of PuTTY's settings can be saved in named session profiles.
+See \k{config-saving} in the documentation for how to do this.
+
\S{faq-disksettings}{Question} Does PuTTY support storing its
settings in a disk file?
brought up to release quality.
There's also a third-party port at
-\W{http://pocketputty.aleq.cz/}\c{http://pocketputty.aleq.cz/}.
+\W{http://pocketputty.duxy.net/}\c{http://pocketputty.duxy.net/}.
\S{faq-win31}{Question} Is there a port to Windows 3.1?
the
\W{http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wuadmintools/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/}{WinSock 2 upgrade}:
-\c http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wuadmintools/
-\c s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/
+\c http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/
+\c wuadmintools/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/
\S{faq-outofmem}{Question} After trying to establish an SSH 2
connection, PuTTY says \q{Out of memory} and dies.
can't be set on per application or per session basis. To increase
the TCP timeout globally, you need to tinker with the Registry.
-On Windows 95, 98 or ME, the registry key you need to change is
+On Windows 95, 98 or ME, the registry key you need to create or
+change is
\c HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\
\c MSTCP\MaxDataRetries
(it must be of type DWORD in Win95, or String in Win98/ME).
+(See MS Knowledge Base article
+\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
\c Parameters\TcpMaxDataRetransmissions
and it must be of type DWORD.
+(See MS Knowledge Base article
+\W{http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;120642}{120642}
+for more information.)
Set the key's value to something like 10. This will cause Windows to
try harder to keep connections alive instead of abandoning them.