diff --git a/docs/nmap-install.xml b/docs/nmap-install.xml
index 8171ac0bc..eab23d77d 100644
--- a/docs/nmap-install.xml
+++ b/docs/nmap-install.xml
@@ -717,11 +717,13 @@ quite as efficient as on Unix. Here are the known limitations:
Windowslimitations of
-You cannot generally scan your own machine from itself
-(using a loopbackloopback
+When using Nmap with WinPcap instead of Npcap, you cannot
+generally scan your own machine from itself (using a
+loopbackloopback
interface IP such as 127.0.0.1 or any of its
registered IP addresses). This is a Windows limitation that we
-haven't yet worked around. If you really want to do this, use a TCP
+have worked around in Npcap, which is included in the Windows self-installer.
+Users stuck with WinPcap can use a TCP
connect scan without pinging () as that uses
the high level socket API rather than sending raw
packets.
@@ -742,8 +744,8 @@ Unix, though the latter often has a slight performance edge. One
exception to this is connect scan (), which is
often much slower on Windows because of deficiencies in the Windows
networking API. This is a shame, since that is the one TCP scan that
-works against localhost and over all networking types (not just
-ethernet, like the raw packet scans). Connect scan performance can be
+works over all networking types (not just ethernet, like the raw packet scans).
+Connect scan performance can be
improved substantially by applying the Registry changes in the
nmap_performance.reg file included with Nmap. By default these changes are applied for you by the Nmap executable installer. This registry file
is in the nmap-version
@@ -816,8 +818,8 @@ system available from . Here are the step-
Nmap to reside in. An example would be C:\Program
Files. A directory called
nmap-version should be created, which includes
-the Nmap executable and data files. Microsoft Windows XP and Vista
-include zip extraction—just right-click on the file in
+the Nmap executable and data files. Microsoft Windows XP and later
+includes zip extraction—just right-click on the file in
Explorer. If you do not have a Zip
decompression program, there is one (called unzip) in Cygwin described
above, or you can download the open-source and free WinZip and
For improved performance, apply the Nmap Registry
changes discussed previously.
-Nmap requires the free WinPcap packet capture library.
-We build our own WinPcap installer which is available in the zip file
-as winpcap-nmap-version.exe,
-where version is the WinPcap version rather
+Nmap requires the free Npcap packet capture library.
+We include a recent Npcap installer which is available in the zip file
+as npcap-version.exe,
+where version is the Npcap version rather
than the Nmap version. Alternatively, you can obtain and install
-the latest version from . You
-must install version 4.0 or later.
+the latest version from .
+Due to the way Nmap is compiled, it requires the
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package of runtime
@@ -856,8 +858,10 @@ given in .Most Windows users prefer to use the Nmap binary self-installer,
but compilation from source code is an option, particularly if you plan to help with Nmap development. Compilation requires
-Microsoft Visual C++ 2010, which is part of their commercial Visual Studio suite. Any of the Visual Studio 2010 editions should work, including the free Visual C++ 2010 Express SP1.
+Microsoft Visual C++ 2013, which is part of their commercial Visual Studio
+suite. Any of the Visual Studio 2013 editions should work, including the free
+
+Visual C++ 2013 Express.
Some of Nmap's dependencies on Windows are inconvenient to build. For
@@ -904,7 +908,11 @@ failures.The executable and data files can be found in nmap-version/mswin32/Release/. You can copy them to a preferred directory as long as they are all kept together.
-Ensure that you have WinPcap installed. You can obtain it by installing our binary self-installer or executing winpcap-nmap-version.exe from our zip package. Alternatively, you can obtain the official installer at .
+Ensure that you have Npcap installed. You can obtain it by
+installing our binary self-installer or executing
+npcap-version.exe from
+our zip package. Alternatively, you can obtain the official installer at
+.Instructions for executing your compiled Nmap are
given in the next section.