Hi. It is not possible to install winpcap without admin rights; the problem is not related to copying the file to the folder (which is, however, write protected to non-admin users). The problem is that windows requires admin rights to install the driver through the service control manager.
Have a nice day GV ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 1:50 PM Subject: [WinPcap-users] No admin rights, another way to achieve goal? > I'm sure I've installed winpcap without admin on a system before. > > But now I'm getting "Cannot install file c:\windows\system32\npf.sys". > > Perhaps my admin has changed something. > > The thing is, I'm not sure if I need winpcap. All I'm trying to do is find > out the name of my interface card so I can pass it to Bochs. To do this I > have to run a program called "niclist", which needs winpcap. > > So, > > - does anyone know the name most commonly given to iface's in XP? maybe I > can guess it. > - anyone know another method of finding the name of the interface? > - is there a way to extract the contents of the .exe installer so I can > try to install manually? I seem to have write permisions to > c:\windows\system32 so I'm guessing it's got to be a registry thing? > Alternatively, is there anything else I can do? > > Many thanks. > > > > ================================================================== > This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > To unsubscribe use > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================================== > ================================================================== This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To unsubscribe use mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==================================================================
