cmd.exe no longer recognizes some commands

[vhx]

I just came home, my internet was being flaky so I wanted to try to go ahead and release/renew as well as ping a few places. Problem is... none of those commands exist say cmd.

C:\Documents and Settings>ping google.com
'ping' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Anyone ever come across this problem of the command shell LOSING these programs? I can still do like cd and dir but programs like ipconfig or ping don't come up.

 

[pallejr]

it's your path variable. If the program is not found in the current directory, the directories listed in path will be searched

standard xp path is:

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem

you can edit it from system properties

 

[vhx]

well where is it suppose to be?