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Remove FAQ about Plink on Win95.
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While it's still true, the link to Winsock 2 is dead, our standard
release builds don't run on Win95 any more, and it's certainly not
frequently asked.
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jtn20 committed May 23, 2017
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Expand Up @@ -636,21 +636,6 @@ Clicking on \q{ANSI Green} won't turn your session green; it will
only allow you to adjust the \e{shade} of green used when PuTTY is
instructed by the server to display green text.

\S{faq-winsock2}{Question} Plink on \i{Windows 95} says it can't find
\i\cw{WS2_32.DLL}.

Plink requires the extended Windows network library, WinSock version
2. This is installed as standard on Windows 98 and above, and on
Windows NT, and even on later versions of Windows 95; but early
Win95 installations don't have it.

In order to use Plink on these systems, you will need to download
the
\W{http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wuadmintools/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/}{WinSock 2 upgrade}:

\c http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/
\c wuadmintools/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/

\S{faq-outofmem}{Question} After trying to establish an SSH-2
connection, PuTTY says \q{\ii{Out of memory}} and dies.

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Expand Up @@ -829,9 +829,6 @@ saved sessions from
\IM{login scripts}{startup scripts} login scripts
\IM{login scripts}{startup scripts} startup scripts

\IM{WS2_32.DLL} \cw{WS2_32.DLL}
\IM{WS2_32.DLL} WinSock version 2

\IM{Red Hat Linux} Red Hat Linux
\IM{Red Hat Linux} Linux, Red Hat

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