I have been researching family HISTORY and using the FREE family history/tree program from the link below. (I have no connection with LDS apart from using this free program) The problem is that I cannot get the search facility to work, so WONDERED if anyone here can spot whatever I am doing wrong?
The program is Personal Ancestral File.
Link below:
http://www.ldscatalog.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10151&storeId=10151&productId=47670

I have previously used PAF (Personal Ancestral File) 3 on another computer and now have it installed in a laptop with WIN 98 and it works fine and I enjoy using it. (Laptop is off line only)
I have PAF5 (the LATEST edition) on my main Windows 7 Premium Home Edition computer and find it less fun to use! (Less fun to use PAF 5 Not windows 7!)This may well be down to me, but in PAF 3 the Search command in the program works fine and will bring up at least the surname I enter. I can't get PAF 5 to bring up anything, it just leaves the INDIVIDUAL panel as it was!
Any helpful suggestions please?

Just to add that PAF 3 was DOS based and PAF5 is a Windows program.