regedit/folder options

[kevin_lane]

i wanted to setup a student profile on my computer. so i copied the one we have on the network to my local drive and then created a new user and pointed it too that profile ( profile not being the problem though) so when i tired to change the ntuser.man file to a .dat i couldnt. becuase i didnt have the display file extension option enabled . now here is the problem . i have no folder options in the expoler application nothing ziltch also i've tried opening the regedit but i'm getting access denied. but i can open it if a runas an local admin. now i've check my user account domain side and thats all ok and compred it to another tec account. and i've also checked the local administrators group which im member of as well as the domain admins which is in their as well. i did some googleing and to check a wether i had this key enabled or somthing. i also did a rsop on my computer and that came back with nothing so im baffeld any one got any suggestions

[kevin_lane]

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