Unable to update iPhoto and other iLife products

Hi,
I bought a MacBook Air last year, which came with iLife pre- installed.
The iPhoto version is 9.1.1.
But for some reason I can't get auto update for it. I tried to register it, hoping that this may solve the problem, but it requires a MPN number which I don't have.
I also tried to download the updates from Apple online download, they would not install.
Can anyone help resolving this problem? Any suggestions.
Many thanks.
John

Thanks much.
Indeed after I moved back the apps, they are now updating. I guess that's the trouble for being too anal.
One more thing, after iPhoto is updated, it still gives me a message "A photo has been found in the iPhoto library that was not imported", but if I click "Yes", nothing was imported, and there is a Recovered Photo folder, but it was empty.
Any suggestions on the fix?
Thanks again.
John

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Thanks much.
Indeed after I moved back the apps, they are now updating. I guess that's the trouble for being too anal.
One more thing, after iPhoto is updated, it still gives me a message "A photo has been found in the iPhoto library that was not imported", but if I click "Yes", nothing was imported, and there is a Recovered Photo folder, but it was empty.
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