Well, I typed my usual five paragraph 600 word post, and then hit some button, and lost it all. So, this will be much shorter. Suffice it to say that we don't use #s 3 - 7 as we don't use Import ever and don't use the scheduler.
How do you lose your databases with an update? Do you not save them somewhere first? Spell check is horrible, but you should be able to back up your user dictionary prior to a new upgrade.
I am not sure why the vital signs aren't printing. That would seem like a bug. Has to be reproducible. Have you let support know about it?
With the crashes...have you tried running the program from shortcuts to the executable on the server? Or are you running it with client programs?
Never had the child's head circumference problem.