[Winpcap-users] capture fails on vista

[Tom Brown]

Gianluca,

This clears things up for me. I did some digging on my machine and found
that the NPF service IS running. I thought it wasn't running because the
service does not show up in:
-the services management console
-the task manager
-the output of 'net start'

I figured out it was running by executing

net start "NetGroup Packet Filter Driver"

which told me it was already running. That's fine. I know what to do
now.

Thanks!
Tom

On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 12:53 -0800, Gianluca Varenni wrote:
> 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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