[Winpcap-users] capture fails on vista

[Gianluca Varenni]

The alternative is to modify the WinPcap kernel driver so that it starts on 
boot. This is what Wireshark does (it's one of the options of the Wireshark 
installer).

http://www.winpcap.org/misc/faq.htm#Q-18

Have a nice day
GV


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Brown" <brown at esteem.com>
To: <winpcap-users at winpcap.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] capture fails on vista


> Ummm, is this just because UAC is enabled on his machine and not mine? I
> guess there is no way around the right-click, "run as administrator"
> routine when UAC is on... is there?
>
> Oh well, it'll go in our manual.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
> On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 10:35 -0800, Tom Brown wrote:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> WinPcap 4.0.2, Vista Home Premium.
>>
>> I have two applications that use winpcap. I run them on my Vista laptop
>> and they capture fine. I am NOT running the NPF service. I can't find
>> that it is even installed.
>>
>> I have a user who is also running Vista Home Premium. They are an
>> administrator on their machine. When they run my two applications, the
>> capture does not work. However, when they right click the icon and
>> select "run as administrator", it works.
>>
>> Why would it work on my machine and not theirs?
>>
>> I searched the list and google. I keep running into the "start the NPF
>> service" answer. Its not on my machine, so I must not need it.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tom
>>
>>
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