XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: winstonmvp@gmail.com   
      
   Paul wrote on 1/30/2026 3:20 AM:   
      
   > And the hosting softwares are not always properly labeled.   
   > One developer said "we leave the old OSes behind when   
   > they go out of support, but we don't state anywhere whether   
   > the software works or not". I think they do in fact know   
   > it's a trap. (I had the same problem with this attitude,   
   > around copies of Wireshark, where when you needed OS   
   > version info, there was no hint which one was OK.)   
   >   
   > I suppose it's just human nature to torture people   
   > who aren't using "The New Shiny".   
   >   
   >     Paul   
   >   
   >   
      
    From Wireshark documenatation   
      
   User Guide   
   2. Who should read this document?   
   The intended audience of this book is anyone using Wireshark.   
      
   User Manual   
   Chapter 1.2.1. Microsoft Windows   
   Wireshark should support any version of Windows that is still within its   
   extended support lifetime. At the time of writing this includes Windows   
   11, 10, Server 2022, Server 2019, and Server 2016. It also requires the   
   following:   
      
   The Universal C Runtime. This is included with Windows 10 and Windows   
   Server 2019 and is installed automatically on earlier versions if   
   Microsoft Windows Update is enabled. Otherwise you must install KB2999226   
   or KB3118401.   
   Any modern 64-bit Intel or Arm processor.   
   500 MB available RAM. Larger capture files require more RAM.   
   500 MB available disk space. Capture files require additional disk space.   
   Any modern display. 1280 × 1024 or higher resolution is recommended.   
   Wireshark will make use of HiDPI or Retina resolutions if available.   
   Power users will find multiple monitors useful.   
   A supported network card for capturing   
   Ethernet. Any card supported by Windows should work. See the wiki pages   
   on Ethernet capture and offloading for issues that may affect your   
   environment.   
   802.11. See the Wireshark wiki page. Capturing raw 802.11 information may   
   be difficult without special equipment.   
   Other media. See https://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/NetworkMedia.   
      
   Older versions of Windows which are outside Microsoft’s extended   
   lifecycle support window are no longer supported. It is often difficult   
   or impossible to support these systems due to circumstances beyond our   
   control, such as third party libraries on which we depend or due to   
   necessary features that are only present in newer versions of Windows   
   such as hardened security or memory management.   
      
      
   Note the first line...   
   "Wireshark should support any version of Windows that is still within its   
   extended support lifetime."   
     - it, in the same section it also states - "Older versions of Winodows   
   which are Microsoft's extended support window are no longer supported."   
      
   That information, most likely, pre-dates the end of extended support for   
   Windows 10...but to be fair, it does not state the current version or   
   earlier will no longer function on Windows 10.   
      
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