Doug,
You are right. E-mail notification is not supported in vBackup Standard Edition. It has always been this way though. This did not change in version 4.0.1.
Release notes for version 4.0.1 are now available in the Thinware knowledge base (link follows).
http://www.thinware.net/Support/Knowl...
Yes. The uninstaller for vBackup will create a backup of the vBackup database before uninstall.
You can find full documentation for upgrading vBackup in the vBackup Administrator's Guide. The Administrator's Guide is available in vBackup Client under Help > Administrator's Guide. The Administrator's Guide is also available in the online vBackup documentation (link follows).
http://www.thinware.net/Products/Thin...