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@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ version 0.52.
 \S{faq-ssh2-keyfmt}{Question} Does PuTTY support reading OpenSSH or
 \cw{ssh.com} SSH-2 private key files?
 
-PuTTY doesn't support this natively, but as of 0.53
+PuTTY doesn't support this natively (see
+\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/key-formats-natively.html}{the wishlist entry}
+for reasons why not), but as of 0.53
 PuTTYgen can convert both OpenSSH and \cw{ssh.com} private key
 files into PuTTY's format.
 
@@ -266,12 +268,11 @@ expect our Unix port to be the right thing for everybody.
 
 \S{faq-wince}{Question} Will there be a port to Windows CE or PocketPC?
 
-It's currently being worked on, but it's only in its early stages yet,
-and certainly isn't yet useful.  PuTTY on portable devices would
-clearly be a useful thing, so in the long term I hope it can be
-brought up to release quality.
+We have done some work on such a port, but it only reached an early
+stage, and certainly not a useful one. It's no longer being actively
+worked on.
 
-There's also a third-party port at
+However, there's a third-party port at
 \W{http://www.pocketputty.net/}\c{http://www.pocketputty.net/}.
 
 \S{faq-win31}{Question} Is there a port to \i{Windows 3.1}?
@@ -391,6 +392,8 @@ put your chosen pathname in the Registry, at
 
 \c HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\RandSeedFile
 
+You can ask PuTTY to delete all this data; see \k{faq-cleanup}.
+
 On Unix, PuTTY stores all of this data in a directory \cw{~/.putty}.
 
 \H{faq-howto} HOWTO questions
@@ -1010,11 +1013,8 @@ 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
+This is caused by a bug in certain versions of \i{Windows XP} which
+is triggered by PuTTY 0.58. This was fixed in 0.59. 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.