Find does not locate files in system...?

I often use find to try and locate a file that I need. For example a Cubase components folder so that I can update an ASIO file for my recording software... or similar.
On many occassions Find and Spotlight ends up blank and shows nothing when using part or the exact name of what I am searching for?
Do I need to adjust settings for it to locate any file?

Can it be set as a default for the search?
Annoyingly, no. All you can do is check the box next to "System Files" in the popup list so that it will appear on the list when you click on the default "Kind" popup, which saves you having to search through the "Other" list to select it.
But you can't even set its default option to "are included" so it will always take several clicks to get Finder searches to include system files.
One thing you can do for searches that you regularly use is to save them, using the "Save" button on the right. They can be saved to the default location ~/Library/Saved Searches or anywhere else that is convenient, & optionally added to the Finder sidebar. But they are mostly just useful for searches with several different criteria (added with the + button to the right of the Kind line) because otherwise they don't save many clicks.
Experiment with this & I think you will see what I mean.

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From:   Ankit_Jain <[email protected]>
To:     SusanPleso <[email protected]>
Date:   10/19/2011 12:56 AM
Subject:        Adobe Reader does not recognize file name
(filename10.5.11.pdf) but does in Adobe Standard 9. Why?
Re: Adobe Reader does not recognize file name (filename10.5.11.pdf) but
does in Adobe Standard 9. Why?
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Also, does any other PDF with a different filename open in Internet
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Thanks
Ankit
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