All of that can be done with PowerShell and Test-Connection. Thanks
Webster From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Subject: Re: Startup processes I do love a bit of batch scripting :-) Unfortunately I can only use JScript (!), VBScript or PowerShell in my console, but it could be adapted with a bit of time and effort. If nothing simpler turns up, it'll definitely be something like this I will use. On 25 April 2013 14:23, Kennedy, Jim <kennedy...@elyriaschools.org<mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org>> wrote: " 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. ~ 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
