Unless you found some secret place where ISOs are posted, you installed VL-LIVE 7, not VL-lite 7 (and it's "light," not "lite").
If you want to keep using VectorLinux, it's recommended that you install the Standard ISO, not the Live version, which is intended for demo purposes and for having something portable you can take around when you can't install on a hard druve,
--GrannyGeek