Make it clearer that the XP SP2 hotfix is described in the KB article.

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-\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.72 2004/07/24 12:37:42 jacob Exp $
+\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.79 2004/09/09 10:37:17 jacob Exp $
 
 \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ a new system and doing the port for that.
 
 However, some of the work has been done by other people, and a beta
 port of PuTTY for the Nokia 9200 Communicator series is available
-from \W{http://www.s2.org/putty/}\cw{http://www.s2.org/putty/}
+from \W{http://s2putty.sourceforge.net/}\cw{http://s2putty.sourceforge.net/}
 
 \H{faq-embedding} Embedding PuTTY in other programs
 
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ to say something else; \c{vt220} might help if you have trouble.
 
 \S{faq-settings}{Question} Where does PuTTY store its data?
 
-PuTTY stores most of its data (saved sessions, SSH host keys) in the
-Registry. The precise location is
+On Windows, PuTTY stores most of its data (saved sessions, SSH host
+keys) in the Registry. The precise location is
 
 \c HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY
 
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ pathname in the Registry, at
 
 \c HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\RandSeedFile
 
+On Unix, PuTTY stores all of this data in a directory \cw{~/.putty}.
+
 \H{faq-howto} HOWTO questions
 
 \S{faq-startmax}{Question} How can I make PuTTY start up maximised?
@@ -865,6 +867,27 @@ The reason why this only started to be a problem in 0.54 is because
 the alternate screen, and previous versions of PuTTY did not support
 this sequence.
 
+\S{faq-alternate-localhost}{Question} Since I upgraded Windows XP
+to Service Pack 2, I can't use addresses like \cw{127.0.0.2}.
+
+Some people who ask PuTTY to listen on localhost addresses other
+than \cw{127.0.0.1} to forward services such as SMB and Windows
+Terminal Services have found that doing so no longer works since
+they upgraded to WinXP SP2.
+
+This is apparently an issue with SP2 that is acknowledged by Microsoft
+in MS Knowledge Base article
+\W{http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;884020}{884020}.
+
+For a fix, you'll need to contact Microsoft support, as mentioned in
+the KB article. We've been told that the process is reasonably easy,
+and is free of charge; and that the fix will be included in the next
+Windows XP Service Pack (but probably not before).
+
+(\e{However}, we've been told that SP2 \e{also} fixes the bug that
+means you need to use non-\cw{127.0.0.1} addresses to forward
+Terminal Services in the first place.)
+
 \H{faq-secure} Security questions
 
 \S{faq-publicpc}{Question} Is it safe for me to download PuTTY and