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@ -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