steelreserve316 Posted November 4, 2005 CID Share Posted November 4, 2005 I keep trying to run a ping test but I keep getting an error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted November 4, 2005 CID Share Posted November 4, 2005 What are you typing, and what does the error say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelreserve316 Posted November 4, 2005 Author CID Share Posted November 4, 2005 I type - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted November 4, 2005 CID Share Posted November 4, 2005 Yea, something is definately wrong. What version of Windows are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted November 4, 2005 CID Share Posted November 4, 2005 steelreserve316; Do you have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted November 4, 2005 CID Share Posted November 4, 2005 steelreserve316; Do you have MS-DOS Prompt in your ProgramAccessories? Ping has it's own program 'ping.com'. It's just usually launched from cmd.com/command.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted November 4, 2005 CID Share Posted November 4, 2005 Ping has it's own program 'ping.com'. It's just usually launched from cmd.com/command.com. Thats on XP I assume I know that XP has little to no DOS.On a 9X or ME you ping from the MSDOS program. Try this to fix the corrupt file: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747/EN-US/ sfc scannow for XP START Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelreserve316 Posted November 4, 2005 Author CID Share Posted November 4, 2005 I have cmd prompt in my programs/accessories and I am using XP Pro. I recently reformated my hardrive and started from scratch. Now I'm having a bunch of problems. The ping test is 1 problem. Another problem is that when I try to run windows update, my download freezes when I try to update to SP2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted November 5, 2005 CID Share Posted November 5, 2005 hm. did you install off the original disk? one thing that comes to mind is a 'special' version of xp that might have some of its files replaced with junk/malware. that's the only explanation for the borked ping.com i can think of. and ping should be an .exe, not a com. definitely something fishy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted November 5, 2005 CID Share Posted November 5, 2005 That is strange. My window shows "Ping.exe" like resopalrabotnick is saying: Also, I attached ping.exe from my PC (it works), try running it, see if you get good results. I believe you will have to save it in c/windows/system32. I would change the name ping.com to something like pingBAD.com temporarily, and then try pinging again. If anyone else can jump in to help that would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted November 5, 2005 CID Share Posted November 5, 2005 you might have to type ping.exe at the prompt to be sure it doesn't default to the .com which i think would be picked first if you type just ping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted November 5, 2005 CID Share Posted November 5, 2005 My ISP blocks ping so I can't give the example I would like to but if it wasn't blocked it would give ping results. C:WINDOWS>cd C:>ping Usage: ping [-t] [-a] [-n count] [-l size] [-f] [-i TTL] [-v TOS] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelreserve316 Posted November 7, 2005 Author CID Share Posted November 7, 2005 My version of Windows IS legite. And another thing I just noticed is that my system32 folder is missing! How would that happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cak46 Posted November 7, 2005 CID Share Posted November 7, 2005 My version of Windows IS legite. And another thing I just noticed is that my system32 folder is missing! How would that happen? Check the folder properties to see if you are viewing Hidden and System Folders under Tools menu, folder options > View Tab With the ping issue, you may have a bit of malware on your machine see: http://vic.zonelabs.com/tmpl/body/CA/virusDetails.jsp?VId=41687 Have you scanned with Anti-virus and Anti-Spyware/Malware software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haifa77 Posted February 27, 2011 CID Share Posted February 27, 2011 Nice................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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