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Personal Capture for Windows is supported on the following operating systems:
You will also want to refer to the Personal Capture For Windows page for the following information:
For both this and all future upgrades, a notice appears in the bottom bar of the program letting you know an update is available. Click on the bar to launch the update.
Download the Personal Capture installer from the ESS web interface. If you have questions about accessing the ESS, see your ESS System Administrator.
Download the installer by selecting the appropriate link, identified in the below figure. The installer must be run locally, so save the file to your computer.
Alternate method: Get the installer directly from your System Administrator and save it to your local machine. In this case, the Administrator downloads the file from the ESS and provides it directly to you.
For the installation instructions below, note that the Personal Capture installation and data directories must be on the local drive; they cannot be located on a network, remote (mapped), or USB thumb drive. |
When using PCAP for Windows, be sure that Windows Display Scaling is set to the default of 100% (see Control Panel > Display settings). Windows Display scaling, when enabled, can cause distortion and pixelization of the visual portion of PCAP captures. Refer to the attached image of the Control Panel > Display dialog box if necessary. |
Personal Capture requires Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 or higher. According to the following article from Microsoft, newer versions of .NET are backwards compatible: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff602939%28v=vs.110%29.aspx.
If an appropriate version of the .NET framework is not detected, the installer will attempt to download and install it for you. If it cannot be installed, the installation will stop.
Confirm or change the locations for installation and for capture files, as shown in the below figure, then click Next.
Please note that even if you already have .NET 4.0 installed, you may still be required to install .NET 3.5. |