Nikon D7100 NEF Issues with APE11

I have a Nikon D7100 and Adobe Photoshop Elements 11. The problem is, the software doesn't recognize NEF files. Doing some research, I downloaded the DNG converter but it doesn't recognize NEF files. I tried updating the PSE11 software but I keep getting a "The update server is not responding......" "Error Code U41M1C212. I looked for updates for the Camera Raw version. My software has version 7.1. Aparently I need at least version 7.4 and that there is 8.0 or better available. I can't find any version above 7.1. I have no idea where it is. I'm thinking this is likely an easy fix and that I'm simply missing the obvious. I also have no idea why the DNG converter doesn't recognize the files as well.
I bought APE11 so I could work with RAW files. One mistake I made was that I never used RAW files when I had the trial version. I always used the JPEG files.

Hi,
For the D7100 you do indeed need ACR 7.4.
Hopefully the advice given by R_Kelly above should help you to update your PSE 11.
If you have downloaded/installed the latest DNG 8,1 converter, then that should recognize the NEF files. If not, please check that you are not using old Nikon software to import the images - this is known to cause the problem.
Otherwise, the DNG works on folders - you should point it to the folder containing the images not a file.
Good luck,
Brian

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