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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Fred,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hmmm… You say “huge task to configure it with app’s, etc.” suggests to me that one of those steps is involved in the issues you are having with WinPcap.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Feel free to keep banging your head against this issue without making much real progress or you can try to start from a scratch system with a working WinPcap environment and add each of the “apps” one at a time to determine the one which negatively interacts….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Good Luck.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> winpcap-users-bounces@winpcap.org [mailto:winpcap-users-bounces@winpcap.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Fred Marshall<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 09, 2012 1:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> winpcap-users@winpcap.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Winpcap-users] Windows 7 Pro x64 RE Install Fails<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New","serif"'>Mark,<br><br>Well, this is a fairly new system and it's set up as the "tool workstation" for network administrator tasks. <br>It's a huge task to configure it with app's, etc.<br>Yet, nothing very strange about it.<br>I won't say that the system hasn't had its quirks but I have no evidence to suggest one thing or another.</span><br><br>On 1/8/2012 5:00 PM, Mark Pizzolato - WinPCap-Users wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’m not sure what you are trying to determine.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:24.75pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sc qc npf</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:24.75pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Returns the configuration for the npf service</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:24.75pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Net start npf</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:24.75pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Starts the npf service.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Clearly these are NOT the same thing.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:24.75pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sc start npf</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:24.75pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>would be the same as “net start npf”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:24.75pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Something is clearly tangled up on the system which doesn’t work. Winpcap works for me (and MANY other folks) on MANY Win7 x64 systems without any problem.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Even though you’ve had control of the affected system since it shipped, something that happened to the system while you’ve had control of it has created this tangle.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I hate to suggest restoring the system to the condition it shipped in would likely make things work, but that may be what you need to do….</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Good Luck.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> <a href="mailto:winpcap-users-bounces@winpcap.org">winpcap-users-bounces@winpcap.org</a> [<a href="mailto:winpcap-users-bounces@winpcap.org">mailto:winpcap-users-bounces@winpcap.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Fred Marshall<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 08, 2012 4:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:winpcap-users@winpcap.org">winpcap-users@winpcap.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Winpcap-users] Windows 7 Pro x64 RE Install Fails</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New","serif"'>I've had control of this system since it was shipped .. basically. <br>I have another Window 7 64 system that works fine - uses the same antivirus too.<br><br>Today I figured out that the npf.sys driver must be a problem.<br><br>On the troubled system, I ran<br>sc qc npf<br>and get a good report.<br>So it seems the file is "there".....<br><br>If I run:<br>sc config npf start= auto<br>there is no complaint; yet, it doesn't seem to do anything in a reboot.<br><br>If I run <br>net start npf<br>I get Syhstem error 2 has occurred<br>The system cannot find the file specified. !!!!!!<br><br>So, it appears there is a difference between<br>sc qc npf<br>and<br>net start npf<br><br>I've also looked at the ... well I can't find the full steps but it's like in the not plugnplay, hidden, etc.<br>and it's not showing there.......<br><br>Everything has been run as Administrator, etc.<br><br></span>Fred<br>On 1/5/2012 4:45 PM, "Fish" (David B. Trout) wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><pre>Fred Marshall wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>This problem persists and I've not found a solution.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Is there any way to install WinPcap on Windows 7 x64???<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>I've installed it many times on my Windows 7 x64 system without any problem<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>whatsoever. So have many others. There is obviously something unique about<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>your particular system that you need to figure out.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Did you perchance change the permissions of your system drive (the Program<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Files directory)? Or change the permissions of your Registry? Did you maybe<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>disable some critical Windows service or something? Have you tried<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>COMPLETELY uninstalling your anti-virus? (just as a test)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>You (or someone else) obviously changed something on your system to prevent<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>the installation of WinPCap from succeeding, and you need to figure out what<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>that something was.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Winpcap-users mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Winpcap-users@winpcap.org">Winpcap-users@winpcap.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://www.winpcap.org/mailman/listinfo/winpcap-users">https://www.winpcap.org/mailman/listinfo/winpcap-users</a><o:p></o:p></pre></div></div></body></html>