" The other problem I've got is looping the routine enough to give it time for the network to connect"
:START PING -n 1 192.168.1.1|find "Reply from " >NUL IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :SUCCESS IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :FAIL :FAIL ping 192.0.2.2 -n 1 -w 10000 > nul (or some other non-existent address, will wait for 10 seconds) goto :START :SUCCESS Run your process :END Might want to add a counter in there, so it exits after a certain number of tries. Set the whole thing as a startup scheduled task. -----Original Message----- From: Kennedy, Jim Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Startup processes Along Joseph's lines....if you can control the process you are running on startup from a command line. ECHO Checking connection, please wait... PING -n 1 192.168.1.1|find "Reply from " >NUL IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :SUCCESS IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :FAIL :FAIL Goto :End (or whatever you want to do) :SUCCESS Run your process :END -----Original Message----- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Startup processes If you can query for the process, can you not query the network? Lookup the gateway and ping it... ________________________________________ From: kz2...@googlemail.com Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 6:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Startup processes On a Windows system, is there a process that runs on startup that will only run if there is network connectivity present? I've got a strange requirement and I need to be able to tell when the network is available, if possible. TIA, JR Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
