[Winpcap-bugs] WinPcap installation error

[Robert Strange]

Hi,

First, thank for providing the WinPcap software.

I wanted to let you know a problem I encountered installing version 3.1
on an NT4 machine.  I used that version because it came with the version
of Wireshark which I was using.  I also tried 4.0.2 with the same error.

On installing I got an error which crashed the installer.
"The instruction at "0x7076d98e" referenced memory at "0x00000000".  The
memory could not be "read"."

It appears that the problem was that the NT4 machine had Internet
Explorer 4 uninstalled to free disk space as it was not thought
necessary to the PC's function.  Finding that the installer created a
temporary .htm file gave the clue that IE might be needed.  On
installing Internet Explorer 6, the WinPcap installation then worked
fine.

I was unable to find a website reference to IE being needed by the
installer, so thought it might be worth mentioning.

Thanks,
Rob
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