Just the required first post to "get started"

I'm just posting this so that I can search and use some of the tools on the site for now.

membership upgraded.

Full searching is only accessible to "Registered" member classes or higher. I'm planning to upgrade vBulletin (forum software) system in the next few months, and I'll re-assess whether searching is still a security risk then. But for now, you can use the Google Custom search, linked in my signature. It has some disadvantages, but provides better results than the built-in search when you are searching for a specific topic.