Peter, I have not been following this thread carefully, but from past experience I think that you type Command then press Enter, and you should get a Command prompt at which you enter the string. Apologies if I am going down the wrong track, but thought it might possibly help. Douglas On 21 Oct 2008 at 18:02, Peter Beasley wrote: > do I need to type in the word "command" or not before ping and are there > anyspaces? > ----- Original Message ----- > -- Douglas Harrison ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq