I put in my seed for the new wallt on my laptop: it reads as lamp, angel, forest, electric, stable, palace, amaze, gather, boulder, metallic, rubber, relieve
Whe ni put in the public seeds the wallet doesn't even sychronize it just sits there without the green dot like how it used to be in the corner? I'm not sure if my system is too old or its needs to be updated?
If you are using Electrum and you haven't upgraded recently, you must upgrade. The current version is 3.3.4. You can download it here:
https://electrum.org/#downloadIf that is your real seed, then you have published all of your private keys to the world. You should create a new wallet with a new seed.