How Can I get rid of the past years in the drop down menu when using the creation date and selecting the current year mine starts at the year 2000
If I understood it correctly, you want to rise up the minimal selectable year in the period selector, that is available through Advanced search, at certain pages. By default, the minimal selectable year corresponds with the Year when the store started its operation setting at the Settings > Company page of the admin panel.
I hope it will help you.