Thank you for update. Another option is use set to set path point to the system32.

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"Qfreed" <qfreed@hotmail.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message news:F7C8C2FE-E970-4453-BD0C-CF45CA787568@microsoft.com...
Oops! I figured it out. Told you it was simple. You have to be in the
system32 directory when you issue the commands. Working fine now.
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qfreed


"Qfreed" wrote:

> I have a simple, beginner's question. I have a Vista computer wired to an XP
> PC.
> On the Vista machine when I do the WindowsKey+R, cmd, I get the command
> line box come up and can enter the ping, ipcongfig, etc. commands -- The box
> stays there and I can see the results.
> On the XP PC, however, when I do the same thing I get the command box, but
> when I type in a command such as ipconifg, I get a response that ipconfig,
> ping, etc. is not a valid command. If I type the command from the Run box,
> it executes, but the results flash by too fast to read them. I tried using
> some parameters like the /P (pause) that used to go with DOS commands, but to
> no avail. Scroll lock didn't help. Why the differences from Vista to XP?
> Is it the age of the system32 command file? How can I get to see the results
> on my XP PC?
> qfreed