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ping.exe by Vantage on 08-27-2004 at 09:10 PM
well i came across this today when i decided to type:
/run /ping
it will only show for about half a second but i still managed to get a screenshot..... whats the point of this?
RE: ping.exe by Tochjo on 08-27-2004 at 09:13 PM
By using that command you are running a Windows program, ping.exe; that is the screen that comes up. This ping is unrelated to the Plus! command.
You can compare it to using /run notepad 
RE: ping.exe by Vantage on 08-27-2004 at 09:19 PM
does anyone know what that ping.exe does do lol???
RE: ping.exe by bach_m on 08-27-2004 at 09:22 PM
it sends ICMP Ping packages, which get a response to say how long it takes a packet to make a round trip. the response is called a Pong.
Plus! has implemented a version of this.
gotta love the early computer ppl, who came up with the names