Thanks to the e-mail from Joe this morning...control computer is running VCPSopbot edition 8.024 now
His suggestion to take VCP8.024 edition on laptop/copy to thumbdrive/ and copy/replace my 8.014 worked a charm.
For some reason I did have to delete the shortcut on desktop and make a new shortcut.
Also (again I don't know why) I had to copy past the 8.024 patch into the Win32 folder for it to show 8.024 in the about tab .
Thanks SO much for the suggestions and e-mail Joe!!!
scott