WinPcap, Wireshark upgrade message

When upgrading Wireshark (a Network Protocol Analyzer, formerly known as Ethereal) and WinPcap, a message appeared:

System Information
Operating system detected on registry: Windows vista - x86
True operating system (kernel.dll): Windows Vista - x86
npptools.dll present on the system:    false
netnm.inf present on the system:       false
nmnt.sys present on the system:        false

This message is normal.

npptools.dll, netnm.inf and nmnt.sys are components of Microsoft’s Network Monitor (netmon) utility. Netmon is a network traffic capture and protocol analysis utility, similar to Wireshark.

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