Some times it necessary to put in a small pause in a task sequence. Here is one way to this !

1: Ping the local host 127.0.0.1 N +1 times

PING sends a request, waits for one second then sends the next request! If the switch –n is supplied it will do this N times. Because the first request is send immediately 60 seconds would then be 60 +1 = 61. Because it sends the request to the computer itself, it will reply immediately, or faster than one second, enabling us to use it as a count down timer!

Syntax for pausing 1 minute would be like this:

  • CMD.exe /c PING –n 61 127.0.0.1

In a Task Sequence, it looks like this

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