hello, im a complete noob but i was googling for this exact thing and was very happy when i saw your code, the problem is when i try to run it my computer gives me this error script: C:\ping\ping.vbs line: 13 char: 1 error: Permission denied Code: 800A0046 Source: Microsoft VBScript runtime Error I was running in adminstrator. i know this is thread necromancy but i couldnt find anywere else to ask about it.