Ok, so i was doing some research, and i came upon a post here along time ago, and i was wondering if you see anything wrong with this. When i run the program, you will see below what errors i get. If any one can help that would be great! :: multiIP.bat @echo off > pingLOG.txt type "C:\Documents and Settings\ssimmons\My Documents\Printer Ping Log and batch" pause for /f "tokens=*" %%I in ("C:\Documents and Settings\ssimmons\My Documents\Printer Ping Log and batch") do call :pinger %%I goto :eof :pinger echo %TIME% >> pingLOG.txt ping %1 >> pingLOG.txt :: DONE This is the outcome.... Access is denied. Press any key to continue . . . The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

I suppose "mspro sp 2" means XP. The reason for this error: "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process." is because you're trying to read and write the file at the same time. well... pretty confusing. If what you want is to ping a list of IPs and keep a log, try this: ::== ping a list of IPs and log @echo off > pinglog setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in (IPlist.txt) do ( echo -------------- >> pinglog echo %date% %time% >> pinglog ping %%a >> pinglog ) ::== DONE ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2