[tdressel]

Thanks to all the replies. Given the various inputs, I ran with the order of installs given by NI. After all, it IS their software. :-)

I did not have any issues with my installation of "NI order":

a - Base LabVIEW (from KOP) - for us, we chose the top choice
b - LabVIEW update (NI page ending in 2261)
c - Utilities update (NI page ending in 2262)
d - Driver Station update (NI page ending in 2263
e - NOT documented but from blog, install "F5 Patch"

I have not been able to test by accessing a cRIO to format it, etc. - but it all installed cleanly.

QUESTION/OPINION: After the reboot, the NI software is indicating 1 URGENT update, 1 CRITICAL update and 2 Service Pack updates. Normally I would select them all and do the updates. For the specific setups to do FRC competitions, are people NOT doing these updates (as they are not spelled out by FIRST communiques), or are you installing the updates that the NI Update Service finds?

The good news is that I can recover should the install go bad. I'd just rather not lose the time it takes to do the install and the down time for the students.

And again, I super appreciate the responses. I love this site!