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tally ho.

I'm using Windows XP Professional 2002 Service Pack 3

I've been trying to ping websites, but when I try to ping anything it returns:

'PING' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

A bit of research tells me it's because I don't have a PATH set, so I set the PATH at My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables Both user and system as 'C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem'

I restarted the command prompt and nothing changed. I checked the registry on regedit and the PATH is the same as above.

When I entered 'set' on command prompt, it returns:

PATH=
COMSPEC=\COMMAND.COM

And when I entered echo %PATH%, it only returns '%PATH$'

When I entered cd, it returns CD:\DOCUME~1\PERSONAL

Please help. Thank you.

Rheine
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  • It's 2017 as I write this. Why are you using Windows XP Professional 2002 Service Pack 3? Plus your title doesn't match. – Tony Feb 20 '17 at 20:00
  • @Tony It's actually the PC my parents are using. We haven't bought new OS since they're prohibitively expensive and it doesn't seem necessary for their browsing needs. – Rheine Feb 22 '17 at 01:37
  • Is it possible that `ping.exe` is actually missing? – Dai Feb 22 '17 at 01:41
  • You could actually type in the command with the full path, for instance: `C:\WINDOWS\system32\ping.exe` (if it's actually there) – Tony Feb 22 '17 at 18:05

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