Re: Problem to install npcap-0.78-r5.exe on Windows 7 64bits

[Barry Dragoon <barry.dragoon () gmail com>]

Are you "run as" administrator when installing the update?

Respectfully,
Barry

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Celtic Rasta <celtic.rasta () gmail com>
wrote:

> Hello,
> initially, I had Wireshark 2.2.3 and WinPcap 4.1.2. installed and it
> worked fine, except there is not way to capture WIFI control frames with
> Winpcap;
> so, I decided to test Npcap;
>
> I have just downloaded npcap-0.78-r5.exe from github;
> when installing it on my Windows 7 64 bits with Winpcap compatibility
> option checked, I received the following message :
>
> ---------------------------
> Npcap 0.78 r5 (beta) Setup
> ---------------------------
> Failed to create the npcap service for Win7, Win8 and Win10.
> Please try installing Npcap again, or use the official Npcap installer
> from https://github.com/nmap/npcap/releases
>
> and the same message for npcap2 service
>
> By the way, there is no error message issued related to digitally signed
> drivers (as I saw in some forums)
>
> After this installation, I tried the command "net start npf" in a DOS box
> with admin right, and I got the following result :
> C:\Windows\System32>net start npf
> The service name is invalid.
>
> When starting Wireshark, no (LAN/WIFI) interface is seen
>
> I have tried to uninstall and then reinstall npcap-0.78-r5.exe without
> Wincap compatibility option check and got same message as above for npcap
> service (no message for npcap2 service, though)
>
> The "net start npf" still gives the same result, and no interface is seen
> under Wireshark
>
> Any idea or suggestion would be welcome
>
> thanks in advance
>
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