How did our IPhoto turn into Preview and we lost all IPhoto capabilities?

When trying to use IPhoto I couldn't find it, checking online said I needed to buy ILife...checked our initial package it should have been bundled it was. We only had PREVIEW on the listed items. I found the install bundled software disk and IPhoto loaded but not is says "You can't open your current photo library using this version of iPhoto. You have made changes to your photo library...The only update we would have received is from the automatic downloads. What happened to iPhoto to turn it into PREVIEW on the application bar at the bottom of the screen?

We have MAC OS X 10.5.8. When opening the system profiler iPhoto is listed though won't open. IMac purchased 8/9/09 using original software, though, updates from Apple have occured I do not know if a newer version came in during any software update procedures.

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