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Remove/change some text to describe Npcap, not WinPcap

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@ -724,13 +724,13 @@ support was dropped when Microsoft removed raw TCP/IP socket support
in Windows XP SP2. Now Nmap must send lower-level ethernet frames
instead.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>When using Nmap with WinPcap instead of Npcap, you cannot
<listitem><para>When using Nmap without Npcap, you cannot
generally scan your own machine from itself (using a
loopback<indexterm><primary>loopback
interface</primary></indexterm> IP such as 127.0.0.1 or any of its
registered IP addresses). This is a Windows limitation that we
have worked around in Npcap, which is included in the Windows self-installer.
Users stuck with WinPcap can use a TCP
Users stuck without a Npcap installation can use a TCP
connect scan without pinging (<option>-sT -Pn</option>) as that uses
the high level socket API rather than sending raw
packets.</para></listitem>