I am trying to enable ping using the command line as part of a post-imaging task. I've copied and pasted the commands from this page: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947709 I get the error listed below when I run the netsh advfirewall command to enable ping. I am able to run the deprecated command successfully, however. The system is running Windows 7 Enterprise. C:\Users\Administrator>netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="ICMP Allow inco ming V4 echo request" protocol=icmpv4:8,any dir=in action=allow A specified value is not valid. ... C:\Users\Administrator>netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 IMPORTANT: Command executed successfully. However, "netsh firewall" is deprecated; use "netsh advfirewall firewall" instead. For more information on using "netsh advfirewall firewall" commands instead of "netsh firewall", see KB article 947709 at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=121488 . Ok.