Well, I am confused now more than ever! I read that one cannot hold more than on Electrum wallet and that was not my intention but surely one can hold the same wallet on multiple devices, no?? Is the installation of an upgraded platform on a separate computer construed as a second wallet??  I'm told also to just upgrade the old platform on the same computer that presently shows a balance. I worry that when I do this there will no longer be a balance or transaction showing in he new console, and then I will be screwed.               
Replying to some, I have no trouble seeing a balance in any of my old wallet platforms. I see a balance on two separate computers using the same windows operating system. The issue is that the button remains red(botom right on console) and there is no chance of connecting with what ever network is required to make a transfer. I presumed this was because my platform is too old now, or, is it because the operating system on my computer is too old??                 I just want to do one more transfer and then be done with Electrum wallet!                                                                                                               
Regarding pass phrase or seed, what I meant was password. I thought the seed was the 12 word phrase..... and that was what one has to enter into the seed space. Perhaps I should be using spaces between the words in the phrase? I don't know.                                                                                         I just know I have no trouble creating a wallet of the latest Electrum version using the proper link, download and application file from electrum.org.
Whether I get an icon on my desktop at the end, is a different story. I thought an icon confirmed that the program was successfully loaded, so perhaps I actually failed.

Hello skilled users,

I hold about $200.00 on my Electrum wallet version 2.7.18 and the bitcoin balance is still showing on my old computer. Because the version is old, there is a problem with the server connecting, and that seems to be why I cannot make a transaction. I know my pass phrase and password and I tried installing another up to date Electrum version(4.0.2) for the existing wallet on another computer. I've done this but no balance now shows under history tab in the new wallet version. What now?