Forum Setting Display from the beginning

I have looked(3 times) at all the settings in my control panel and can't find an answer(also read each help topic).

When I login, the only content I can view is from my last visit.

Is there a setting that allows the user to choose a range(preferably from the beginning) of the content to display.

I noticed when I search, the results are from the beginning.

TIA

I assume you are talking about the new content link?

if yes:

Settings>General settings> Search Settings (as seen below)

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It took me a while to find that as well.

if you mean just in general you should be able to see all content (I think it'll only show three months but am not sure) just by visiting the board you want.

Yes, I was aware of that search setting.

There are only two choices:

Show me all content that I have not read

Show me all new content since my last visit

A large number of forums have a forum board setting:

Default Thread Age Cut Off

You may specify a time period from which to display threads. Threads older than the age you specify will not be shown.

The choice range is from ?Show all threads? to various increments of periods of time.

I prefer ?Show all threads?. When I login to Piriform CCleaner Discussion, there?s only two pages of posts which stops at November 23. I want to be able to browse topics prior to that date.

TIA

See here

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See here

Thank You sooooooo much!