Re: basic install question

["Gianluca Varenni" <gianluca.varenni () cacetech com>]

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From: "Guy Harris" <guy () alum mit edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 1:13 PM
To: "Community support list for Wireshark" <wireshark-users () wireshark org>
Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] basic install question

> On Jul 13, 2010, at 6:41 AM, PaulStapp () plant lubbockisd org wrote:
>
> > I'm embarrassed to ask such a basic question, but when installing for the 
> > first time, Wireshark recognizes my Windows Server 2003 64-bit OS as XP 
> > Pro.
>
> Are you saying the *installer* said your machine was running XP Pro, or 
> that *Wireshark itself* said it was running XP Pro?  You said "should I 
> continue the install?", so I'm guessing you meant the *installer* said 
> your machine was running XP Pro.
>
> When I ran the installer for the 32-bit version of Wireshark 1.2.9 on my 
> 32-bit XP Pro (virtual) machine just now, the Wireshark installer didn't 
> say anything about the version of the OS; however, it ran the WinPcap 
> installer, which did.
>
> You're installing the 64-bit version of Wireshark, right?  I don't know 
> whether the 32-bit installer always attempts to install a 32-bit version 
> of WinPcap; if it does, you can't use the 32-bit version of Wireshark on 
> 64-bit Windows, as WinPcap includes kernel-mode (driver) code, and you 
> can't run 32-bit kernel code on a 64-bit OS (or vice versa).

@Guy: there is no 32 vs 64 bit version of the WinPcap installer. The 
installer for WinPcap will install only 32bit components on a 32-bit 
Windows, and 32bit + 64bit components on 64bit windows. One installer does 
everything.

@Paul: if you are referring to the WinPcap installer stating that your 
system is "Windows XP - AMD64", please ignore it. WinPcap has no easy way to 
distinguish between XP64 and 2003-x64.
The newest release of WinPcap (4.1.2) will not show that system information 
panel any more.

Have a nice day
GV



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