Set oWshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") strAnswer = InputBox("Please enter the System's Name:", _ "Pinger") sCommand = "ping.exe -t" & strAnswer If strAnswer = "" Then Wscript.Quit if strAnswer = "You are a moron" then Wscript.Echo("I KNOW!!") Else oWshShell.Run(sCommand) End If