Packet capture driver installation: Windows NT 4.0 platform


To correctly install capture driver in Windows NT 4.0 operating systems you must follow these steps.

1. Open Windows NT control panel.
2. From Windows Control Panel make a double click on Network icon. Then click on the Protocol tab and on Add button in the window where you can install new network components.
3. Then click on the Have Disk button.
4. Choose the full path where you have previously uncompressed the network device driver (this folder must contain files Oemsetup.inf and Packet.sys). Click on the OK button.

 

5. If the path is correct you will see a window containing the string: "Network Packet Driver for WinNT vX.XX", where X.XX is the number of the driver's version you are installing. Click on the OK button.
6. Choosing the service tab you will see a line containing the string: "BPF Network Packet Driver vX.XX".

Press on the Close button and reboot the machine