Re: Suggestion for Docs

["'Fyodor'" <fyodor () insecure org>]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:32:12AM -0000, Rob Nicholls wrote:
> I'm surprised Fyodor was able to run Nmap/Zenmap correctly with the startup
> option unchecked,

Thanks for elaborating!  I figured out why it works--I had basically
disabled UAC by setting the User Account Control settings slider to
the lowest level as described at [1].  When I set it back to the
default level and reboot, I'm able to reproduce the problem.

I'd like to address this issue before the next stable release (due
very soon).  David is looking at some options now.

> but I think I've identified a few bugs in the WinPcap
> installer :-S (I've only done a quick code review, I've not run the
> installer):

If you're able to fix any of them soon, there is still time to make it
into the new stable release, which will be the first one since 5.00 in
July.

As for our silent installer, I think it should use the same default
options as our non-silent one.  So if our default installer has "start
npf at system startup" checked, I suppose our silent installer should
do that by default too, but provide an option to disable that if
desired.

Cheers,
-F

[1] http://www.iishacks.com/index.php/2009/01/17/disable-user-account-control-uac-in-windows-7/
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