said by guppy_fish:If it ain't broken, don't try and fix it!!!!
Its working just fine doing the research data control or collection and shouldn't even be touched, unless something is broken and you are specificy [sic] requested to apply an update. .
Exactly. Assuming these machines are ONLY used for monitoring/collecting data from instruments over local busses, updates should be a non-issue. Really, these should not even be on the network to minimize risk.