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-                         The Windows Privacy Tray
+                         WinPT - The Windows Privacy Tray
  Index
-. Notice
+. Note
 . Bugs and improvements
+.1 Legacy Windows versions
 . What is WinPT?
 . Install
 .1 Keyserver config file
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 Index
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 Index
 . Features of the dialogs
-. Notice
+. Note
  ---------
  This is only a quick guide for WinPT. For the moment the program is its own
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 documentation. This is subject to change
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 documentation. This is subject to change
 . Bugs and improvements
  ------------------------
- I have tried to thoroughly debug this program, but if you've found a bug,
+ I have tried to thoroughly test this program, but if you've found a bug,
  please send me a message with a full error description or go directly
  to http://wald.intevation.org and use the WinPT bug tracking system.
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 I try to fix bugs as quickly as possible
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 I try to fix bugs as quickly as possible
  http://www.winpt.org
+.1 Legacy Windows versions
+ I know a lot of people still user old versions of WinPT but it is very
+ hard to test the code on all these platforms and thus I decided to
+ obsolete the support for these OS versions: Win95, WinME/98. The code
+ works on 98/ME without known limitations but if you will encounter
+ a serious problem, I doubt I can fix it without having this OS and
+ this is the major problem!
 . What is WinPT?
  -----------------
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 WinPT is a front-end for the GNU Privacy
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 WinPT is a front-end for the GNU Privacy
  a convinient interface to GPG while GPG does the actual (cryptographic) work.
  GnuPG was written by Werner Koch and is Free Software. GnuPG contains all
- of the functions WinPT uses for data encrypting and e-signatures and
+ of the functions WinPT uses for data encrypting, e-signatures and
  key management.
  WinPT is a Windows utility that sits on the taskbar. In the Windows
  Clipboard, you can encrypt, sign, decrypt and verify data. You can also
  import and export keys to the Clipboard.
  Practically, WinPT is a taskbar front-end for GnuPG. Without GnuPG, WinPT
- doesn't work! Currently not all GnuPG functions are supported. Because of
+ wouldn't work! Currently not all GnuPG functions are supported. With
- all the new features, WinPT is more then just an universal e-mail plugin.
+ all its key edit functions and file operations, WinPT is more than just
- Together with the filemanager and the keymanager, it's like a real GUI.
+ an universal e-mail plugin. Together with the filemanager and the keymanager,
+ it's like a real graphical GPG user interface.
 . Install
  ----------
- First you should install the GPG binary (Version 1.4.x or later.)
+ First you should install the GPG binary, version 1.4.x or later.
  (If you want to use a directory other than the default you must modify
- the preferences in the WinPT program at Preferences->GPG Prefs.
+ the preferences in the WinPT program at Preferences->GPG Preferences).
  Next, download the WinPT binary package from the Internet. You can find the
  latest WinPT version at http://www.winpt.org. Create a directory and
- extract all WinPT releated files.
+ extract all WinPT files from the archive.
 .1 Keyserver config file
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 keyservers. Of course it's possible to a
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 keyservers. Of course it's possible to a
  at the hints inside the file how to format the entries. If there no file,
  the format can be described like this: 'DNS-Name=IP-Address'. Each line
  of the file contains such an entry.
+ But it is recommend that you modify the file directly with the keyserver
+ dialog in WinPT to keep this file consistent.
 . Verify the packet signature
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 do the following:
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 do the following:
  For the moment, WinPT supports these languages:
      * German winpt-de.mo
+     * Japanese winpt-jp.mo
  If you are interested in translating WinPT in your native language, please
  let me know :-). It's not much work and you do NOT need to be a developer!
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 http://www.gnupg.org
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 http://www.gnupg.org
  General questions (look first at the topic point), can be sent to one of the
  mailing lists. All GnuPG lists are in English.
- GPG User list (English) [email protected]
+ GPG user list [email protected]
- GPG Developer list (English) [email protected]
+ GPG developer list [email protected]
  At the moment the only available documentation for WinPT is this file. In
  future releases I will include HTML documentation.
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 WinPT you can subscribe to one of the Wi
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 WinPT you can subscribe to one of the Wi
  for users and one for developers. All lists are in English! To subscribe
  visit http://wald.intevation.org and go to the WinPT project site.
- Please, before you send a message to the list take a look at the FAQ
+ Please, before you send a message to the list take a look at the FAQ,
- or the README files. It's possible that your question is already answered
+ the README files and the list archives. It's possible that your question
- there!
+ is already answered there!
 . Hotkey for common commands
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 so it's easier to figure out which hotke
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 so it's easier to figure out which hotke
  WinPT allows you to use the main operations (sign and encrypt)
  within the current window. This only works if the current window contains
  text. For example, a mailer window with the message, a text editor or a
- simple edit field. There are some kind of windows that are NOT supported
+ simple edit field. There are some kind of windows that are NOT
- yet!
+ supported.
  The easiest way to access this feature is using the hotkeys. Note: if
  you use this feature the text will automatically be cut, encrypted
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 to use this feature, you only need to se
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 to use this feature, you only need to se
  There are two ways to set the default keyid. The best solution is to
  set the "default-key" entry in the GPG options file.
- The second solution is to let WinPT figure out it from the secret key cache,
+ The second solution is that you use the Key Manager to set a default
- the first key in this cache is the default keyid. Warning, with this method
+ key. If no default key was found, WinPT uses the first useable key in
- it's possible that another keyid is chosen (because of the order in
+ the secret key cache.
- which the keyring was read!).
 . Commands
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 Here you access some of the "edit-key" c
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 Here you access some of the "edit-key" c
  line.
-.2.2 UserID
- -------------
- Gives you an overview about all user id's from a public key. The validity
- of each is also listed.
 .2.3 Delete
  -------------
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 from this list by select the key and pre
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 from this list by select the key and pre
  --------------------
  If you are not able to connect directly to the internet, you can
- use the proxy settings. To enable proxy support, you need to add
+ use the proxy settings. To enable proxy support, you need to start
- "use_proxy=xx.xx.xx.xx:port" to your keyserver.conf. Then restart
+ the keyserver dialog and use the "change" button to set a proxy.
- WinPT. Now the keyserver code uses the proxy instead of the direct
+ Now the keyserver code uses the proxy instead of the direct connection.
- connection.
  If your proxy needs some kind of authentification, you can use
  "proxy_user" and "proxy_pass". Then for each request the data

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