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authorGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2011-03-23 21:03:18 +0000
committerGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2011-03-23 21:03:18 +0000
commitbf305c1476f40cc422b9b33aa431bc75756d58f9 (patch)
tree96491eab96f879d84780fee29178d29e0fe9d4b4 /docbook/wsug_src
parent0a4e8a4d521df71b9a2f545e915af2ba876e346c (diff)
Clean up information about older Windows versions.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=36300
Diffstat (limited to 'docbook/wsug_src')
-rw-r--r--docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_app_files.xml29
-rw-r--r--docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_introduction.xml8
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_app_files.xml b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_app_files.xml
index e346cd93d8..7f7f9f3453 100644
--- a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_app_files.xml
+++ b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_app_files.xml
@@ -709,15 +709,16 @@ Source port=Transmission_Control_Protocol#TCP_ports
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>7/Vista</command></term>
+ <term><application>Windows 7</application>, <application>Windows Vista</application></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<filename>C:\Users\&lt;username&gt;\AppData\Roaming\Wireshark</filename>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>XP/2000</command></term>
+ <term><application>Windows XP</application></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<filename>C:\Documents and Settings\&lt;username&gt;\Application Data</filename>,
@@ -725,8 +726,19 @@ Source port=Transmission_Control_Protocol#TCP_ports
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><application>Windows 2000</application> (no longer supported by Wireshark, for historical reference only)</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <filename>C:\Documents and Settings\&lt;username&gt;\Application Data</filename>,
+ "Documents and Settings" and "Application Data" might be internationalized.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>NT 4 (no longer supported by Wireshark)</command></term>
+ <term><application>Windows NT 4</application> (no longer supported, for historical reference only)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
<filename>C:\WINNT\Profiles\&lt;username&gt;\Application Data\Wireshark</filename>
@@ -734,22 +746,21 @@ Source port=Transmission_Control_Protocol#TCP_ports
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>ME/98 - with enabled user profiles (no longer supported by Wireshark)</command></term>
+ <term><application>Windows ME</application>, <application>Windows 98</application> with user profiles (no longer supported, for historical reference only)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
In Windows ME and 98 you can enable separate user profiles. In that case,
- something like:
+ something like
<filename>C:\windows\Profiles\&lt;username&gt;\Application Data\Wireshark</filename>
is used.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>ME/98/95 (no longer supported by Wireshark)</command></term>
+ <term><application>Windows ME</application>, <application>Windows 98</application> without user profiles (no longer supported, for historical reference only)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The default in Windows ME/98/95 is: all users work with the same profile,
- which is located at:
+ Without user profiles enabled the default location for all users is
<filename>C:\windows\Application Data\Wireshark</filename>
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -759,7 +770,7 @@ Source port=Transmission_Control_Protocol#TCP_ports
</section>
<section id="ChWindowsRoamingProfiles">
- <title>Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000/NT roaming profiles</title>
+ <title>Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, and NT roaming profiles</title>
<para>
The following will only be applicable if you are using roaming profiles.
This might be the case, if you work in a Windows domain environment
diff --git a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_introduction.xml b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_introduction.xml
index 2805423ecb..c13ed6457b 100644
--- a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_introduction.xml
+++ b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_introduction.xml
@@ -262,12 +262,14 @@
releases of Windows lack memory protection (specifically <ulink
url="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366898.aspx">VirutalProtect</ulink>)
which we use to improve program safety and security. The last known
- version to work was Ethereal 0.99.0 (which includes WinPcap 3.1). You
+ version to work was Ethereal 0.10.14 (which includes WinPcap 3.1). You
can get it from <ulink url="http://ethereal.com/download.html" />.
According to <ulink
url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1130">this
bug report</ulink>, you may need to install Ethereal 0.10.0 on some
systems.
+ </para>
+ <para>
Microsoft retired support for Windows 98 and ME in 2006.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
@@ -276,6 +278,8 @@
can get it from <ulink
url="http://www.wireshark.org/download/win32/all-versions/wireshark-setup-0.99.4.exe"
/>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
Microsoft retired support for Windows NT 4.0 in 2004.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
@@ -283,6 +287,8 @@
to work was Wireshark 1.2.x (which includes WinPcap 4.1.2). You still
can get it from <ulink
url="http://www.wireshark.org/download/win32/all-versions/" />.
+ </para>
+ <para>
Microsoft retired support for Windows 2000 in 2010.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>