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I how have on numerous occasions attempted to
access the archives using the search engine
unsuccesfully, what am I doing wrong?

You have to either go to the archive thread and conduct the search, or make sure you select the Archive forum for the search in the box under the search box.

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Waddy

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Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Hi Mackie, welcome here

I always open the search in a new window (right click, open in new window).

Than you can type in your query, make sure that the "search forum" drop down is on the "Forum Archive" forum or you won't be searching the archives.

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Ya What Waddy Said

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"There's really no wrong way, as long as the results are what's desired." Charles Fox

"We have to constantly remind ourselves what we're doing....No Luthier is putting a man on the moon!" Harry Fleishman

"Generosity is always different in the eye of the person who didn't receive anything, but who wanted some." Waddy Thomson

But Rod, yours was much clearer. 

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

A picture says a thousand words, but I can only count 37 in mine

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"There's really no wrong way, as long as the results are what's desired." Charles Fox

"We have to constantly remind ourselves what we're doing....No Luthier is putting a man on the moon!" Harry Fleishman

"Generosity is always different in the eye of the person who didn't receive anything, but who wanted some." Waddy Thomson

I use the "All Forums" option as this . . . well . . . err . . . searches all of the forums - Including the Archives

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Thanks for the welcome and tips everyone. I've been
doing the things you've suggested and it all ways
brings me back to a page that says "enter" and once
I click on enter I'm always directed back to
the 'Luthiers Forum Rooms" page.

When I joined the forum a few months back I was
able to access the archives, which leads me to
conclued that the problem can be a setting on my
Macintosh computer. I hope I'm able to troubleshoot
the problem, because I would like to benefit from all
the topics that have been discused here in the past.

That is a good recommendation.  I didn't know you were using a Mac.  I switched to Firefox because I was having so much trouble with IE-7, and it is great.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Hesh, you are very perceptive. I already had Mozilla
and accessed the forum using it, and it worked just
fine. It's time for me to stop using Internet Explorer.
As I'm sure you know, Microsoft no longer supports it
on Macintosh. Thank you, and the other forum
members who chimed in. Now on to the archives!!!

Don't get lost in there.  It's hard to get out once you start finding stuff.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars