X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sgt/putty/blobdiff_plain/e4c398b4d6dc5cb33fdcf8ffbd2217498cc4b3d0..939c2b22a74142b76a62ba02b9da29ccb20dc5c2:/doc/faq.but diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 5ac7b34c..ad27dcd0 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -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