He had spent three days analyzing the traffic. Wireshark was his scalpel, and Npcap—the packet capture driver—was his blade. But lately, his tools were lying to him. He’d set a capture for the overnight traffic, come back in the morning, and find the capture stopped arbitrarily.
If you want to verify these settings yourself or remove the task, you can use these Windows tools: Npcap Users' Guide
If you can't find it, try checking under "Microsoft" > "Windows" > "Npcap".
If the service is not configured for SYSTEM_START (startup) or is not running, the task may trigger a repair script like FixInstall.bat to restore functionality. Why You Might See It