ipconfig not recognized

G

Guest

i am trying to enter ipconfig in command prompt and it is coming up as an
unrecognized command. I looked up the registry entry for:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment

the Path is set to Reg_Expand_SZ, so I'm lost. please help me, the computer
being compromised is my father-in-law's business computer. It is running
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2. Thank you.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Dan,

See here:

Why don't my commands work?
http://internet.cybermesa.com/~bstewart/cmdprompt.html#6

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


i am trying to enter ipconfig in command prompt and it is coming up as an
unrecognized command. I looked up the registry entry for:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment

the Path is set to Reg_Expand_SZ, so I'm lost. please help me, the computer
being compromised is my father-in-law's business computer. It is running
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2. Thank you.
 
G

Guest

Thank you for the link, but as I stated below, the path is already an
expandable variable. If you have any other ideas, please let me know. Thank
you for your time.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Dan,

Is the "system32" folder in the Path?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thank you for the link, but as I stated below, the path is already an
expandable variable. If you have any other ideas, please let me know.
Thank
you for your time.
 
G

Guest

should it be in the Environment path, cuz if so, then no, it is not.

Ramesh said:
Dan,

Is the "system32" folder in the Path?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thank you for the link, but as I stated below, the path is already an
expandable variable. If you have any other ideas, please let me know.
Thank
you for your time.

Ramesh said:
Dan,

See here:

Why don't my commands work?
http://internet.cybermesa.com/~bstewart/cmdprompt.html#6

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


i am trying to enter ipconfig in command prompt and it is coming up as an
unrecognized command. I looked up the registry entry for:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment

the Path is set to Reg_Expand_SZ, so I'm lost. please help me, the
computer
being compromised is my father-in-law's business computer. It is running
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2. Thank you.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Yes, it should be in the path.

1.Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2.On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.
3.Under System Variables double-click the PATH environment variable.
4.Type (append to the existing data):
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\system32\WBEM

Note: If other system variables appear, do not remove them.

5.Click OK, and then click OK.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


should it be in the Environment path, cuz if so, then no, it is not.

Ramesh said:
Dan,

Is the "system32" folder in the Path?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thank you for the link, but as I stated below, the path is already an
expandable variable. If you have any other ideas, please let me know.
Thank
you for your time.

Ramesh said:
Dan,

See here:

Why don't my commands work?
http://internet.cybermesa.com/~bstewart/cmdprompt.html#6

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


i am trying to enter ipconfig in command prompt and it is coming up as
an
unrecognized command. I looked up the registry entry for:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment

the Path is set to Reg_Expand_SZ, so I'm lost. please help me, the
computer
being compromised is my father-in-law's business computer. It is
running
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2. Thank you.
 
G

Guest

That worked! Thank you very much, I would never have figured that out on my
own.

Ramesh said:
Yes, it should be in the path.

1.Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2.On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.
3.Under System Variables double-click the PATH environment variable.
4.Type (append to the existing data):
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\system32\WBEM

Note: If other system variables appear, do not remove them.

5.Click OK, and then click OK.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


should it be in the Environment path, cuz if so, then no, it is not.

Ramesh said:
Dan,

Is the "system32" folder in the Path?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thank you for the link, but as I stated below, the path is already an
expandable variable. If you have any other ideas, please let me know.
Thank
you for your time.

Ramesh said:
Dan,

See here:

Why don't my commands work?
http://internet.cybermesa.com/~bstewart/cmdprompt.html#6

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


i am trying to enter ipconfig in command prompt and it is coming up as
an
unrecognized command. I looked up the registry entry for:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment

the Path is set to Reg_Expand_SZ, so I'm lost. please help me, the
computer
being compromised is my father-in-law's business computer. It is
running
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2. Thank you.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

You're welcome Dan.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


That worked! Thank you very much, I would never have figured that out on my
own.
 

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