Win 2003 Sevver Command Prompt not working

Question

Hi,
It seems somehow the command prompt are not working on my server and hence one of my software installation is failing on the server.
it seems the CLI commands work fine when the Command prompt is executed directly from the /system32 dir. But when we use it from Start>run>cmd, the commands don't respond.
For Example:
C:\>ping
'ping' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\>nslookup
'nslookup' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
And when I execute it from the /system32 :
C:\WINDOWS\system32>ping
Usage: ping [-t] [-a] [-n count] [-l size] [-f] [-i TTL] [-v TOS]
            [-r count] [-s count] [[-j host-list] | [-k host-list]]
            [-w timeout] [-R] [-S srcaddr] [-4] [-6] target_name
Options:
    -t             Ping the specified host until stopped.
                   To see statistics and continue - type Control-Break;
                   To stop - type Control-C.
    -a             Resolve addresses to hostnames.
    -n count       Number of echo requests to send.
    -l size        Send buffer size.
    -f             Set Don't Fragment flag in packet (IPv4-only).
    -i TTL         Time To Live.
    -v TOS         Type Of Service (IPv4-only).
    -r count       Record route for count hops (IPv4-only).
    -s count       Timestamp for count hops (IPv4-only).
    -j host-list   Loose source route along host-list (IPv4-only).
    -k host-list   Strict source route along host-list (IPv4-only).
    -w timeout     Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply.
    -R             Trace round-trip path (IPv6-only).
    -S srcaddr     Source address to use (IPv6-only).
    -4             Force using IPv4.
    -6             Force using IPv6.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>nslookup
Default Server:  dns-blr2.cisco.com
Address:  72.163.128.140
Please check and suggest!

Answer 1

Hi Aryanadonis  ,
Thanks for posting here
According what you mentioned, I thought system can’t located command programs path when you perform this command .
Seems that you can perform these command with assign path, what I thought is this issue occurred because wrong environment variable setting.
I noticed that you have posted the Environment Variable result here, I checked and highlight wrong values that could cause this issue. please correct it and try perform
command again.
C:\WINDOWS;
C:\WINDOWS\system32;
C:\WINDOWS\system32\\wbem;
C:\PROGRA~1\CSCOpx\objects\smarts\lib;
C:\PROGRA~1\CSCOpx\objects\smarts\bin;
C:\PROGRA~1\CSCOpx\campus\bin;
C:\PROGRA~1\CSCOpx\MDC\tomcat\bin;
C:\PROGRA~1\CSCOpx\MDC\Apache;
C:\PROGRA~1\CSCOpx\MDC\Apache\bin;
C:\PROGRA~1\CSCOpx\MDC\jre\bin;
C:\PROGRA~1\CSCOpx\MDC\bin;
C:\PROGRA~1\CSCOpx\lib\jre\bin\server;
C:\PROGRA~1\CSCOpx\objects\db\win32;
C:\PROGRA~1\CSCOpx\bin;
C:\WINDOWS\system32\\wbems\smarts\binPROGRA~1\CSCOpx\MDC\ApacheOGRA~1\CSCOpx\lib\jre\bin\serverCOpx\lib\jrebin\serveremRoot%\System32\Wbem;
C:\Other Programs\net snmp\bin
This article below introduce how to modify environment variables in windows XP , but you may also reference to it and modify environment variable on you windows 2003:
How To Manage Environment Variables in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310519
Thanks.
Tiger Li
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