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Question

Expired windows vista upgraded to windows 7 pro

Feb 15, 2016 3:26PM PST

my windows vista has expired and therefore I run windows 7 pro and star6t having problem with boot up?

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That's a new issue.
Feb 15, 2016 3:31PM PST

I've yet to hear/read of Windows expiring so maybe there's more to the story than told. You neglected to tell what the boot up issue is as well. Here when I can't boot (or given a PC that never boots) I have to diagnose it then try various fixes.

Last week my brother's PC would boot to a blinking underscore. The OS was blown so a reload fixed that one.

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Vista Service Pack 2 Doesn't Have EOL till April 2017
Feb 15, 2016 3:34PM PST

...so it shouldn't have "Expired". Please explain more about why you didn't update to SP2 on Vista and explain how you installed Windows 7 on the computer. Is it a laptop? Desktop? Brand-name computer or home built? Is the Windows 7 installation disk a full retail disk with appropriate/legal product key or something else?

What "problem with boot up" are you seeing?

Hope this helps and let us know more.

Grif