Aman Yus asks how to save the default settings for putty without having to type out Default Settings. I’ve run into this question myself, and I keep rediscovering and then promptly forgetting how it’s done, so for posterity, here it is:

Load the Default Settings session, make all the changes you want, then go back to the sessions list and (without clicking anything else) click Save.

It is actually that simple. Somewhat unintuitive, but … it works.

To answer another common question I get by email and comments here — how do I backup my PuTTY settings and hosts? — you can refer to How to Backup PuTTY Configuration. I hope that answers all questions on this matter. If it doesn’t, drop me a comment or an email.