Works great! Follow exact steps. Note: VERY IMPORTANT If your username is 2 words or has a space, use quotation marks before and after it when typing it after net user. Otherwise, the password request won't appear. Another 3 lines will.
Just did this on 4/15/23 and it worked! NOTE: Where his said "paige" mine said "test" instead of my user name. I just used "test" (without quotations) and it worked.
Amazing, this worked like a charm! You should be rewarded because there are a lot of others who charge for this. So many thanks, i'll check some of your affiliate links for sure. Take care!
Worked a charm, 6 years I've been trapped out of my laptop for and this worked. Only issue I had was I had 2 drives, one contained CMD but not sethc and the other had sethc but no cmd! I copy and pasted so both had what needed and it worked then. Thank you so much for this guide.
Thank you so much!! I have not been able to figure out my password since 2012. Every once in a while I’ll open up my laptop and try to guess the password. Worked flawlessly on my Toshiba Windows 7 Ultimate. You saved me!!!
I tried your video but I'm not able to go beyond the launch start repair (recommended) then I'm getting a window systems recovery options but not startup repair
Thanks a lot for this great and clear tutorial! You saved my day! Unfortunatelly if you reply I will not be able to see your comments, another IT problem in my life ;) Thanks again!
I tried this and it did not fail the startup repair. It never shows the popup box that lets you access the erroffps notepad file. Any advice? I used this before and it worked perfect.
PLEASE! PLEASE! HELP ME. everything is going as you mentioned but I'm not getting the 2nd startup Repair Pop up .. so there is No " read the privacy statement offline". I did this run so many times and it still won't work ? Any advice please? The only twol links I'm getting i click on are: View diagnostic and repair details. And View advanced options for system recovery and support.
HELP! I'm having a problem with the last step. When I enter the name of the users using the 'net user' I get back 'Administrator', 'desktop' and 'XXX' name. Then I entered in 'net user xxx *' and that's when it differs from your tutorial. I get [usename [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN] username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN] username [/TIMES:(times | ALL)] What do I do next?
put your username in " " in the end it should look like this -> net user "username" * , maybe u have a space in your username e.g. jack bean then the " " do fix it
I was having an issue when scrolling down to View Details of Problem, when we click the last link to open Notepad? My screen doesn't show the last link to be able to open the Computer to choose the Local Drive? Could I do it under Guest and open the Notepad from there and resume the procedure? I don't understand why I don't show the link to the statement under Notepad. Any advice, pls? Thanks
My father in law died last year and since his death I haven’t been able to log into his computer!! But I finally did it thanks to your video!!!! Thank you!!!
I have tried countless times but still unable to get *Launch setup repair* instead of it I keep getting safe mode,safe mode with networking,last known good configuration(advanced) and starts windows Normally. Can you tell me how to fix this? I can't send my laptop to the shop because shops are not trustworthy and i need to get my files but bc this laptop is old I can't remember the password. Kindly help me in understanding. This is Dell with windows 7.
Hey guys does anyone know how to help, when i shut down the computer and start it up again it doesnt show me launch start up reapair but and shows me safe mode, safe mode with network and safe mode with comand promt, so what do i do?
I have followed the steps as in video. When I press shift key 5 time . Enter user name etc. Then show me successful status . But when click to to start window without enter password it ask again for password
Wtf it work hahahah damn mostly people do things is not working but daaaaaamn its work !!! Nice video and you keep it simpel and not bulshit talking! Perfect video!!!!!
The syntax if this command is: NET USER [username [password : *] [options]] [/DOMAIN] username /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN] username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN] username [/TIMES:]
its not giving me the option to repair it. it routed me to the options; safe mode and safe mode with cmd. of i selected with cmd, it will just go to the lock in sreen and cmd will not appear
hi every time i try this on windows vista it says that the password is not meeting the password policy but it dose this with every password i try and i know you can just do 123 so i need help
Trying this trick on a HP computer. I get to the point of the startup repair running. It stops, the screen I need to see to click the privacy link is up for just a split second, then the HP recovery wizard pops up and I can't close it out to get back to the privacy link. The only option I get is to restart again. Any tips?
There's no way around the HP utilities, i took the computer to an IT guy at work and he had the same issues. He finally ran some old password hacking program and got into it.
@@mechtech894 That's right. It will not work on HP. I did take my computer to an IT guy and he was able to figure out some other back door way in, but I don't know the details.
I followed your exact steps. At the end when I typed net user, where your screen says “Paige”, mine says “User”. But there is no user names “user”. There is one named “pharmakinnex\sbecker” but when I type, net user pharmakinnex\sbecker * it does not give an option to set a password. It give me 4 lines like this.. (username (password : *) /ADD (options) (/domain).. and a couple more line similar to that. I’m so confused what to do now 😭
I followed you completely until I got to the part of sethc. It is not there!! HELP. GOT HP Win 7. Am 70 yrs old an really miss my hp! Money short to take to shop!, Thank you!
Mine doesn't go to the option after you do system restore cancel.. even for recovery options it says to log on as a local user it wants the username and password. It's almost as there was an update that fixed this loophole. I can't get into my computer
Still works in 2024. You must select the correct drive/partition that windows is stored on. Make sure to copy and rename the cmd file just like the video says.
I have tried a dozen times to try to get the repair option to show up, but I try to turn the PC off at the OS loading screen and I can't get it to do it.
Works great! Follow exact steps. Note: VERY IMPORTANT If your username is 2 words or has a space, use quotation marks before and after it when typing it after net user. Otherwise, the password request won't appear. Another 3 lines will.
Example?
I thank you very much. I did all the steps but could not reset the password due to the two words username. You have been a blessing.
Just in case anyone is wondering, this still works 100% on February 11 2022
Yea
Windows 7 wont receive anymore updates, meaning we're good for life then!
Do you know if there's any way to make this work on an HP? They have their own stupid recovery thing that overrides everything
It doesn't work on windows 7 ultimate. At system restore window it asks for admin password instead
Works on any windows, if it doesn’t work on yours - your doing something wrong.
Thank you setting my old computer up for my daughter and you were spot on and easy to follow!
Just did this on 4/15/23 and it worked! NOTE: Where his said "paige" mine said "test" instead of my user name. I just used "test" (without quotations) and it worked.
Amazing, this worked like a charm! You should be rewarded because there are a lot of others who charge for this. So many thanks, i'll check some of your affiliate links for sure. Take care!
Worked a charm, 6 years I've been trapped out of my laptop for and this worked.
Only issue I had was I had 2 drives, one contained CMD but not sethc and the other had sethc but no cmd! I copy and pasted so both had what needed and it worked then.
Thank you so much for this guide.
Thank you for keeping it very simple. It was very easy to follow along. I was successful to access and log into the computer. 😊
OMG 😭 I was about to cry but you helped a lot. Thank you so much 😭
Thank you! Very easy to follow. Helped me unlock an old high school laptop
Watching this from Ghana,🇬🇭😊. Thanks a lot bro, this help me reset my sister's old PC
Yes I do enjoy waiting for twenty min for this bit (3:21) to pop up thank you for asking :) WORTH THE WAIT HOLY CRAP THE NOSTALGIA :)
Yooooo, this actually worked! Thank you so much! Confirmed working in September 2022. You've earned another sub brother.
Thank you so much!! I have not been able to figure out my password since 2012. Every once in a while I’ll open up my laptop and try to guess the password. Worked flawlessly on my Toshiba Windows 7 Ultimate. You saved me!!!
Worked in August 2024. Windows 7 updated to last available version. Dell Precision tower, 7 Pro like him. Thank you so much!!!
I bought a laptop off of eBay when I was I 8years Old I've been trying to get into it for 5years i finally got in to it whith the help of this video
Thank you so, SO much
I tried your video but I'm not able to go beyond the launch start repair (recommended) then I'm getting a window systems recovery options but not startup repair
Thanks this helped me unlock a desktop I bought from a thrift store 🙂
Thank. I have been trying to reset this for a week and I was about to it in 10 minutes with this video
Tried this just now and works like a charm !! Great job 🙂👍🏻
Thanks a lot for this great and clear tutorial! You saved my day! Unfortunatelly if you reply I will not be able to see your comments, another IT problem in my life ;) Thanks again!
Thank you so much
This is spot on. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much! It works exactly, you are a lifesaver!!
How can I give you more than one like! 👍👍👍👍👍 Awesome!
I used the Boot Disk Repair tool, but the concept of change file names is the same. Thank You.
Thank's you soo much dude you really helped me
I tried this and it did not fail the startup repair. It never shows the popup box that lets you access the erroffps notepad file. Any advice?
I used this before and it worked perfect.
Same problem here
Before the start up repair , it started showing recovery options and asking for password again
Thank you for this video! We were setting up an old pc for our youngest and your video saved that day.
Hi. Tried following the process but at Startup Repair stage my laptop seem to go to the HP recovery Manager? Can you help?
Mine too I came to the comments to see if someone had a fix for it
And worked on the 5th May 2022 > thank you for saving the day!!!
At me do not work..
Is work with any Windows 7? is work and with Leptop with Windows 7?? Plz Answer me
PLEASE! PLEASE! HELP ME.
everything is going as you mentioned but I'm not getting the 2nd startup Repair Pop up .. so there is No " read the privacy statement offline".
I did this run so many times and it still won't work ?
Any advice please?
The only twol links I'm getting i click on are:
View diagnostic and repair details. And
View advanced options for system recovery and support.
Same happens to me
Scratch that. He states it on another comment. Just do the process again step by step and it will show the report pop up window
HELP! I'm having a problem with the last step. When I enter the name of the users using the 'net user' I get back 'Administrator', 'desktop' and 'XXX' name. Then I entered in 'net user xxx *' and that's when it differs from your tutorial. I get
[usename [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
username [/TIMES:(times | ALL)]
What do I do next?
put your username in " " in the end it should look like this -> net user "username" * , maybe u have a space in your username e.g. jack bean then the " " do fix it
You are amazing! Thank you! It worked perfectly!
Thanks bro you safed my day ❤❤❤ love you
Fair play, kudos to you🥳
Lo I want to get access to my old minecraft account on my old pc
Thank you soo much bro :)
Happy that was able to help you
I was having an issue when scrolling down to View Details of Problem, when we click the last link to open Notepad? My screen doesn't show the last link to be able to open the Computer to choose the Local Drive?
Could I do it under Guest and open the Notepad from there and resume the procedure?
I don't understand why I don't show the link to the statement under Notepad.
Any advice, pls? Thanks
Looked for a week. Many thanks
No problem 👍
My father in law died last year and since his death I haven’t been able to log into his computer!! But I finally did it thanks to your video!!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you it is working 100%
I have tried countless times but still unable to get *Launch setup repair* instead of it I keep getting safe mode,safe mode with networking,last known good configuration(advanced) and starts windows Normally.
Can you tell me how to fix this?
I can't send my laptop to the shop because shops are not trustworthy and i need to get my files but bc this laptop is old I can't remember the password.
Kindly help me in understanding.
This is Dell with windows 7.
Hey guys does anyone know how to help, when i shut down the computer and start it up again it doesnt show me launch start up reapair but and shows me safe mode, safe mode with network and safe mode with comand promt, so what do i do?
I have followed the steps as in video. When I press shift key 5 time . Enter user name etc. Then show me successful status . But when click to to start window without enter password it ask again for password
Thanks bro U did a great job🎉
Thank you so much you deserve so much more credit thank you
Wtf it work hahahah damn mostly people do things is not working but daaaaaamn its work !!!
Nice video and you keep it simpel and not bulshit talking!
Perfect video!!!!!
So on my laptop this works for the guest account but not the admin account. I get a prompt trying to tell me how to use cmd
The syntax if this command is:
NET USER
[username [password : *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
username [/TIMES:]
Thank you! you saved my dads computer
its not giving me the option to repair it. it routed me to the options; safe mode and safe mode with cmd. of i selected with cmd, it will just go to the lock in sreen and cmd will not appear
Please help was following steps but i found the setuphc file and went to rename it a window popped up and now i cant seem to find the file anymore...
I accidentally deleted the "sethc" file 😢 is there a way to find the recycle bin and recover it?
Check the last modified file if you renamed it wrong, or just take from another windows machine l and replace it
Man like the buttons came in clutch, my dawg 💯👊
Worked, you are the man🙏🏾
hi every time i try this on windows vista it says that the password is not meeting the password policy but it dose this with every password i try and i know you can just do 123 so i need help
Thank you Sir it's really work 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Trying this trick on a HP computer. I get to the point of the startup repair running. It stops, the screen I need to see to click the privacy link is up for just a split second, then the HP recovery wizard pops up and I can't close it out to get back to the privacy link. The only option I get is to restart again. Any tips?
Did you figure it out?
Need the same!! PLEASE!
There's no way around the HP utilities, i took the computer to an IT guy at work and he had the same issues. He finally ran some old password hacking program and got into it.
@@Ryan2004558 I literally just asked the same question.. so does this mean no real trick for HP laptop then?
@@mechtech894 That's right. It will not work on HP. I did take my computer to an IT guy and he was able to figure out some other back door way in, but I don't know the details.
It doesn't show the link
I don’t get the option of Launch startup Repair. What should I do?
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Thank you so much 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
It's worked for me. Well done
I followed your exact steps. At the end when I typed net user, where your screen says “Paige”, mine says “User”. But there is no user names “user”. There is one named “pharmakinnex\sbecker” but when I type, net user pharmakinnex\sbecker * it does not give an option to set a password. It give me 4 lines like this.. (username (password : *) /ADD (options) (/domain).. and a couple more line similar to that.
I’m so confused what to do now 😭
I followed you completely until I got to the part of sethc. It is not there!! HELP. GOT HP Win 7. Am 70 yrs old an really miss my hp! Money short to take to shop!, Thank you!
If the HP recovery manager comes up. Start again and get there before it comes up and it works! Just did it on HP laptop
When I do this I can get to the startup repair but my mouse does not pop up and let me click on things
Sethc is not found
I followed your guide and went to the part of startup repair but I can’t see the bottom link of opening erofflps txt. Does anyone know what happened?
Am I the o ly one that the shift key did nothing? 😒
Thanks for help, still works in 2024
Did it take forever after selecting to not restore??
Great video. Worked perfectly
Thx . I’ll give it a try
Hi. Thx for the video. I did everything but when I press the shift 5 times the cmd does not show up. Any help with this please?
Mines didn’t work either cmd popped up when I tried to login it said profile couldn’t be loaded up
You probably missed a step, go in check one more time, probably you missed a step
@@TheButtons i dont have sethc or utilman
I have an old Toshiba laptop tried this but I don’t have sethc on my system 32
Thank you hoping to get out of hospital tomorrow an will try it soon as I get home!
You're a legend bro thanks
Thank u soo much brother u help me a lot
Mine doesn't go to the option after you do system restore cancel.. even for recovery options it says to log on as a local user it wants the username and password. It's almost as there was an update that fixed this loophole. I can't get into my computer
Hi,
even after following your procedure i couldn’t fix my computer, can you please help me with it?
thank you
When I tried this it asked me for a disk.. any solutions to bypass this?
After the reparing i get another window popping up as you get and there is no Problem Details where i Could find a link
What about windows 7 enterprise I need some help bro
I keep trying different methods I found this method moving so fast I couldn't keep up, will have pause and write down each stage.
Still works in 2024. You must select the correct drive/partition that windows is stored on. Make sure to copy and rename the cmd file just like the video says.
worked for old Toshiba Satellite ! Just what the Dr ordered!
Thank you brother!
This has worked on 03rd march 2022..thank you so much
It doesnt work. When the "searching for problems" is done i dont get the upper window with "view problem details" only the one beneath. Help please
It doesn’t show view problem details
I don’t get the send report window. Is there something I can do so it’ll pop up. It restores with no problems
We still need this in 2023
This method works 100%. This still works in 2023
what if im wasnt yet joined to Internet, what cmd should i use then instead "net user paige *"
I have tried a dozen times to try to get the repair option to show up, but I try to turn the PC off at the OS loading screen and I can't get it to do it.
Omg 😍 thank you so much
IT works. Thank you. what a geinious.
generous genius lol
how do i do it if the username has a "\"?
Put your username in quotation marks “user name”
Works for me as of March 2022. Thanks.
So when I hard restart it doesn’t give me the option of repair, it only gives me the safe mode or normally
Even the same with me.
Same
SAME
Same…
When it says net user then username space star I do that and it shows different stuff
I don’t have the option for local disc, just O S, cd drive and boot. Which one do I press?
Nevermind it worked!!!!! Thank you so much :)
This doesn’t work for me it showed a different screen after the scan can you please make a video on it it will help me a lot ❤