This great Powershell script will ping all machines listed in a text file and put the live results into a Excel workbook: $erroractionpreference = “SilentlyContinue” $a = New-Object -comobject Excel.Application $a.visible = $True $b = $a.Workbooks.Add() $c = $b.Worksheets.Item(1) $c.Cells.Item(1,1) = “Machine Name” $c.Cells.Item(1,2) = “Ping Status” $d = $c.UsedRange $d.Interior.ColorIndex = 19 $d.Font.ColorIndex = 11 [...]