I don't know anything about connecting to a different server. I did restart.
I'm not sure what you're asking (What wallet did you update from?) I had 3.3.8 Windows Installer version downloaded. I clicked on the upgrade available link at the bottom of the screen when I opened the wallet.
Did you check whether you've downloaded from Electrum.org? Did you verify using ThomasV's PGP?
Click the bubble at the bottom right, uncheck connect to server automatically, right click on any other server and click use as server then click OK. Check if your bubble remains green and try again.
As stated in my post, I did download from electrum.org.
I do not know what ThomasV's PCP is.
I will try unchecking connect to server automatically and selecting another server. Is the bubble supposed to remain green?