Please Help: Brand new to Logic and Mac at the same time

Dear Board,
I joined the Mac family yesterday and have done pretty well with getting Logic and Cubase 4 installed on the Mac. (It's like trying to learn Spanish when you're from Alabama)
However, when I assign an instrument track to ESX sampler, no libraries or presets come up. I can hear one sound, but when I pull down the menu to load another sound, there are no other sounds to be found. Do I have them stored in the wrong place or did they not automatically load when I installed Logic?
Specifically, I am looking for a decent acoustic piano sound, but can't make it work.
I migrated from Logic 5 on PC to this setup yesterday, so it's all new to me. Any help you can give will be appreciated.
Thanks,
B3
Mac Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   Logic 7.2

Well a fellow Las Vegan, that is something I
havent seen since I have been on this forum.
Anyway welcome and good choice to go with
Logic Pro 7. This app is a constant challenge.
First I have to ask an obvious question, did you
install the contents disc? That is the one with all
the samples on it. Since you have been using a
different version, I assume you know how the
EXS works so that should not be the issue.
If you click on the black area no menus come up?
Or do empty menus come up? We will get it going,
this sounds like misplaced files. Phil

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