NEF files not readable in Lightroom

I have just bought a D7000 and a first time user of Lightroom 3. Updated saftware to 3.5 but program will not show NEF files. Installed Nikon NX program and it will display all the NEF files I shot. I spent several hours trying to find a solution on the web with no sucess

Lightroom version: 3.2 [692106]
Operating system: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
Version: 6.0 [6002]
Application architecture: x64
System architecture: x64
Physical processor count: 2
Processor speed: 1.9 GHz
Built-in memory: 3995.9 MB
Real memory available to Lightroom: 3995.9 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 158.1 MB (3.9%)
Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 151.5 MB
Memory cache size: 2.0 MB
System DPI setting: 96 DPI
Desktop composition enabled: Yes
Displays: 1) 1366x768
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.2
Library Path: D:\John\Pictures\Lightroom\Lightroom 3 Catalog.lrcat
Sorry I took so long, my son helped me get the pictures
John
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