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diff --git a/docbook/faq.adoc b/docbook/faq.adoc index f47f5ce3cf..84ea8daaf5 100644 --- a/docbook/faq.adoc +++ b/docbook/faq.adoc @@ -233,14 +233,17 @@ so that it can read traces from various network types, as captured by other applications or equipment, even if it cannot itself capture on those network types. -=== Does Wireshark work on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008? - -Yes, but if you want to capture packets as a normal user, you must -make sure npf.sys is loaded. Wireshark's installer enables this by -default. This is not a concern if you run Wireshark as Administrator, -but this is discouraged. See the -https://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/CapturePrivileges#windows[CapturePrivileges] -page on the wiki for more details. +=== Does Wireshark work on older versions of Windows such as Windows 7? + +Each major release branch of Wireshark supports the versions of Windows that are within their product lifecycle at the time of the “.0” release for that branch. +For example, Wireshark 3.2.0 was released in December 2019, shortly before Windows 7 reached the end of its extended support in January 2020. As a result, each of the Wireshark 3.2._x_ releases supports Windows 7, even after January 2020. +See the +link:https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChIntroPlatforms.html[Microsoft Windows section of the User’s Guide] +and the +link:https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/LifeCycle[End Of Life Planning section of the Release Life Cycle wiki page] +for more details. + +Npcap might not work well on Windows 8 and earlier, so you might want to install WinPcap instead. == Installing Wireshark |