Somethimes i find that ping not great. A remote pc will ping even if it is stuck at the shutdown in progress phase but you cannot access the reg or anything. Therefore the script will still hang

Try

Code:
  
If exist ("\\pc\c$\boot.ini")
  ; Dance
Else
 ; Dont Dance
Endif
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