You probably have a lifetime license for 3.8 so it sounds funny when I say it expires or expired because you can still run it... However the ability to download upgrades expires... if you didn't buy the "3 month" extension recently offered your license is valid but updates have surely expired. If you go to your downloads area you can still download and install whatever the latest 4.0.x version was when your license 'expired' but you will not be able to ever upgrade past that version without buying the VB4 upgrade or a new VB4 license.