What is res://

[Guest]

I have Windows XP Home Edition running on a Dell Dimension 2400 PC.

I found some lines in my Temporary Internet Files that I've never seen
before. They all begin like this:
res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\nusrmgr.cpl
and have the following things at the end of this line:
/nusrmgr.hta
/nusrmgr.css
/users.ico
/classic.css
/nusrmgr.js
/localtext.js

and there was also this
res://c:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Luna\Shell\NormalColor\ShellStyle.dll
/cpwebvw.css

Does this have anything to do with my upgrading to IE 7? After I did, I
found my Administrator's and User's passwords deleted, and my desktop changed
back to the default one.

Thank you.

 

[Guest]

I have Windows XP Home Edition running on a Dell Dimension 2400 PC.

I found some lines in my Temporary Internet Files that I've never seen
before. They all begin like this:
res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\nusrmgr.cpl
and have the following things at the end of this line:
/nusrmgr.hta
/nusrmgr.css
/users.ico
/classic.css
/nusrmgr.js
/localtext.js

and there was also this
res://c:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Luna\Shell\NormalColor\ShellStyle.dll
/cpwebvw.css

Does this have anything to do with my upgrading to IE 7? After I did, I
found my Administrator's and User's passwords deleted, and my desktop changed
back to the default one.

Thank you.

res:// means Reset and can be by a legitimate application or by bad
application like malware try to reset your Theme and home page, and as you
mentioned you lost your admin and password.
So scan for Viruses and malwares by whatever software you have in both safe
mode and Normal mode.
1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
by doing this:
Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Taps:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.

http://www.avast.com ( you can download free AV from there for Home only)
and AVG has a good free Anti-virus you can install if you don't have one
already.

2... And also for malwares from here:
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
http://www.safer-networking.org ; for Spybot S&D

HTH.
Let us know if you need more help.
nass
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www.nasstec.co.uk

 

[Wesley Vogel]

What is res://

It's part of a RES protocol URL.

INFO: Syntax of the Res: Protocol and Some Known Related Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/220830

One use is for style sheets.

When Web authors and designers create Web pages, they often specify
particular type (font) faces, colors, sizes, and background colors. These
settings are specified for each item, or in a "style sheet", which is a type
of template for specifying how different styles should appear throughout a
Web page or site.

PRB: Cannot Insert a Style Sheet Using a Res: Protocol URL
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325482

Style sheets are also used in applications within Windows, like in Help and
Support, etc. The styles sheets dictate how the applications appear when
opened.

res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\nusrmgr.cpl

nusrmgr.cpl is User Accounts.

You can receive script errors like the following...

Internet Explorer Script Error
An error has occurred in the script in this page.
Line: 4
Char: 1
Error: Access is denied
Code: 0
URL: res://C:\Windows\system32\nusrmgr.cpl/nusrmgr.hta
Do you wish to continue running scripts on this page?

/nusrmgr.hta
/nusrmgr.css
/users.ico
/classic.css
/nusrmgr.js
/localtext.js

..hta files are HTML (HyperText Markup Language) Applications.
..css files are Cascading Style Sheet Documents.
..ico files are Icons.
..js files are JScript Script Files, executed by Cscript.exe or Wscript.exe.

All used on web pages.

Cascading Style Sheets
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets

res://c:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Luna\Shell\NormalColor\ShellStyle.dll
/cpwebvw.css

shellstyle.dll is the Windows Shell Style Resource Dll.

You are using the Luna theme. cpwebvw.css keeps track of whatever color
customizations that you have.

All kinds of programs besides Internet Explorer store files in the Temporary
Internet Files folder.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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