Bruce,
The 8.6 and 10.0 Student versions are the same as the FULL version, exactly. Well the only difference is a Student Edition has a water mark on the FP and BD, I would assume that 9.0 is the same but I don't own that version so can't say for sure.
BTW the OP posted the same question on the LabVIEW board, got pretty much the same answer.
Alan