cmd prompt not allowing for any syntax cmds to run

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I recently rebuilt my Windows XP Pro laptop with a clean install. I
discovered today that upon trying to run some command line syntax, my laptop
is not recognizing any normal commands (ie. ping, ipconfig, nslookup, etc..)

I am receiving a message "'ipconfig' is not recognized as an internal or
external command, operable program or batch file."

Has anyone seen this before? I run cmd line often and need this to work.
Is there something that didn't install properly or do I need to execute a
file within my system32 directory to activate this area of my OS?

Please advise.

Thank you in advance,

Amika
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In Lenyon73 <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
I recently rebuilt my Windows XP Pro laptop with a clean install. I
discovered today that upon trying to run some command line syntax, my
laptop is not recognizing any normal commands (ie. ping, ipconfig,
nslookup, etc..)

I am receiving a message "'ipconfig' is not recognized as an internal
or external command, operable program or batch file."

Has anyone seen this before? I run cmd line often and need this to
work. Is there something that didn't install properly or do I need to
execute a file within my system32 directory to activate this area of
my OS?

Please advise.

Thank you in advance,

Amika
(e-mail address removed)
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Is it fully updated? I think I'd start with start > run > type "sfc
/scannow" (not the space and don't use quotes) and inserting the CD when
asked. I can't think of a better solution and at this point it makes me
think that it's *hopefully* just a botched installation. If it's a really
new install and you have a spare hour I'd consider a repair installation if
the system file check doesn't work.

Repair Installation of XP :
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/xprepair.html

Galen
--

"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes
 
Below was the response after typing 'set'....


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>set
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\AMIKA\Application Data
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=WTI1
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\AMIKA
LOGONSERVER=\\WTI1
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_N
Path=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Fi
les\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA
Corporation\NVIDI
A DDS Utilities
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 5, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0205
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\AMIKA\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\AMIKA\LOCALS~1\Temp
USERDOMAIN=WTI1
USERNAME=AMIKA
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\AMIKA
windir=C:\WINDOWS

C:\>
 
I will try this and get back to you! Thank you!

Galen said:
In Lenyon73 <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


Is it fully updated? I think I'd start with start > run > type "sfc
/scannow" (not the space and don't use quotes) and inserting the CD when
asked. I can't think of a better solution and at this point it makes me
think that it's *hopefully* just a botched installation. If it's a really
new install and you have a spare hour I'd consider a repair installation if
the system file check doesn't work.

Repair Installation of XP :
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/xprepair.html

Galen
--

"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes
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Either ATI or NVidia (and I've not heard of nvidia doing this) setup program probably screwed up your registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment

Path is listed under here. It must be a Reg_Expand_SZ data type (aka Expandable String value) not Reg_SZ (String value).

Delete and recreate correctly. Type path again to see the difference.

Expandable strings tell whatever program is reading the registry that they need to expand environmental variables in what they read.
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Lenyon73 said:
Below was the response after typing 'set'....


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>set
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\AMIKA\Application Data
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=WTI1
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\AMIKA
LOGONSERVER=\\WTI1
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Fi
les\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA
Corporation\NVIDI
A DDS Utilities
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 5, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0205
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\AMIKA\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\AMIKA\LOCALS~1\Temp
USERDOMAIN=WTI1
USERNAME=AMIKA
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\AMIKA
windir=C:\WINDOWS

C:\>


David Candy said:
Type set and what dopes it say?
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Thank you. I will change the path to Reg_Expand_SZ. Does the Value need to
stay the same? "Value:
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program
Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA
Corporation\NVIDIA DDS Utilities".

Just double checking before I make the change.

Lenyon73

David Candy said:
Either ATI or NVidia (and I've not heard of nvidia doing this) setup program probably screwed up your registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment

Path is listed under here. It must be a Reg_Expand_SZ data type (aka Expandable String value) not Reg_SZ (String value).

Delete and recreate correctly. Type path again to see the difference.

Expandable strings tell whatever program is reading the registry that they need to expand environmental variables in what they read.
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Lenyon73 said:
Below was the response after typing 'set'....


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>set
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\AMIKA\Application Data
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=WTI1
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\AMIKA
LOGONSERVER=\\WTI1
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Fi
les\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA
Corporation\NVIDI
A DDS Utilities
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 5, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0205
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\AMIKA\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\AMIKA\LOCALS~1\Temp
USERDOMAIN=WTI1
USERNAME=AMIKA
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\AMIKA
windir=C:\WINDOWS

C:\>


David Candy said:
Type set and what dopes it say?

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http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html
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I recently rebuilt my Windows XP Pro laptop with a clean install. I
discovered today that upon trying to run some command line syntax, my laptop
is not recognizing any normal commands (ie. ping, ipconfig, nslookup, etc..)

I am receiving a message "'ipconfig' is not recognized as an internal or
external command, operable program or batch file."

Has anyone seen this before? I run cmd line often and need this to work.
Is there something that didn't install properly or do I need to execute a
file within my system32 directory to activate this area of my OS?

Please advise.

Thank you in advance,

Amika
(e-mail address removed)
Click to expand...
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The first three parts do. The last two parts are both video cards. Unless you have two video cards one must be old.

Not that it matters if you leave them. And deleting them will cause at worse a minor problem (maybe ATI control panel stops working - when was the last time you used that?). Be safe or be daring.

I wouldn't remove it normally. But if I was testing something and removed it I wouldn't bother to put it back.

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Lenyon73 said:
Thank you. I will change the path to Reg_Expand_SZ. Does the Value need to
stay the same? "Value:
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program
Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA
Corporation\NVIDIA DDS Utilities".

Just double checking before I make the change.

Lenyon73

David Candy said:
Either ATI or NVidia (and I've not heard of nvidia doing this) setup program probably screwed up your registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment

Path is listed under here. It must be a Reg_Expand_SZ data type (aka Expandable String value) not Reg_SZ (String value).

Delete and recreate correctly. Type path again to see the difference.

Expandable strings tell whatever program is reading the registry that they need to expand environmental variables in what they read.
--
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http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html
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Lenyon73 said:
Below was the response after typing 'set'....


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>set
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\AMIKA\Application Data
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=WTI1
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\AMIKA
LOGONSERVER=\\WTI1
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Fi
les\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA
Corporation\NVIDI
A DDS Utilities
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 5, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0205
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\AMIKA\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\AMIKA\LOCALS~1\Temp
USERDOMAIN=WTI1
USERNAME=AMIKA
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\AMIKA
windir=C:\WINDOWS

C:\>


:

Type set and what dopes it say?

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http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html
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I recently rebuilt my Windows XP Pro laptop with a clean install. I
discovered today that upon trying to run some command line syntax, my laptop
is not recognizing any normal commands (ie. ping, ipconfig, nslookup, etc..)

I am receiving a message "'ipconfig' is not recognized as an internal or
external command, operable program or batch file."

Has anyone seen this before? I run cmd line often and need this to work.
Is there something that didn't install properly or do I need to execute a
file within my system32 directory to activate this area of my OS?

Please advise.

Thank you in advance,

Amika
(e-mail address removed)
Click to expand...
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Click to expand...
 
David,

Thank you for your help. The registry change worked. I can now use command
line syntax. I appreciate it!

Lenyon73

David Candy said:
The first three parts do. The last two parts are both video cards. Unless you have two video cards one must be old.

Not that it matters if you leave them. And deleting them will cause at worse a minor problem (maybe ATI control panel stops working - when was the last time you used that?). Be safe or be daring.

I wouldn't remove it normally. But if I was testing something and removed it I wouldn't bother to put it back.

--
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http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html
=================================================
Lenyon73 said:
Thank you. I will change the path to Reg_Expand_SZ. Does the Value need to
stay the same? "Value:
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program
Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA
Corporation\NVIDIA DDS Utilities".

Just double checking before I make the change.

Lenyon73

David Candy said:
Either ATI or NVidia (and I've not heard of nvidia doing this) setup program probably screwed up your registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment

Path is listed under here. It must be a Reg_Expand_SZ data type (aka Expandable String value) not Reg_SZ (String value).

Delete and recreate correctly. Type path again to see the difference.

Expandable strings tell whatever program is reading the registry that they need to expand environmental variables in what they read.
--
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html
=================================================
Below was the response after typing 'set'....


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>set
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\AMIKA\Application Data
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=WTI1
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\AMIKA
LOGONSERVER=\\WTI1
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Fi
les\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA
Corporation\NVIDI
A DDS Utilities
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 5, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0205
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\AMIKA\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\AMIKA\LOCALS~1\Temp
USERDOMAIN=WTI1
USERNAME=AMIKA
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\AMIKA
windir=C:\WINDOWS

C:\>


:

Type set and what dopes it say?

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http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html
=================================================
I recently rebuilt my Windows XP Pro laptop with a clean install. I
discovered today that upon trying to run some command line syntax, my laptop
is not recognizing any normal commands (ie. ping, ipconfig, nslookup, etc..)

I am receiving a message "'ipconfig' is not recognized as an internal or
external command, operable program or batch file."

Has anyone seen this before? I run cmd line often and need this to work.
Is there something that didn't install properly or do I need to execute a
file within my system32 directory to activate this area of my OS?

Please advise.

Thank you in advance,

Amika
(e-mail address removed)
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