In fact, I'll document the wrinkle with "plink -load", rather than just

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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
 
@@ -550,7 +551,7 @@ to work with them.
 
 If you are using PuTTY version 0.51 or below, you can enable the
 workaround by going to the SSH panel and ticking the box labelled
-\q{Imitate SSH-2 MAC bug}. It's possible that you might have to do
+\q{Imitate SSH2 MAC bug}. It's possible that you might have to do
 this with 0.52 as well, if a buggy server exists that PuTTY doesn't
 know about.