How to determine what programs are safe to remove?

[Sheena314]

Hello, I did a diagnostic report using Norton. Everything came out okay, except for the fact that Norton said I had many (91) programs installed. I have removed some, but don't want to remove a program my computer may need. Is there any way I can determine what programs to remove and what programs are neccessary?

Here is my computer information:
Processor type: AMD Athlon (tm) 64 X2 Dual-core processor tk-55 1.80 GHz

RAM: 2GB

Hard Drive size/free space:
Local Disk (c)-104GB free/140GB
HP recovery- 754MB free/ 7.35GB

C: 104GBfree/140GB
D: 754MBfree/ 7.35GB
H: 1.03GBfree/1.06GB


Any help would be great, and if this is in the wrong section, I apologize.

 

[SNGX1275]

Why do you think you need to remove programs? Everything looks fine as far as space being used. D is low, but I imagine that is some sort of 'recovery' partition, and 99% of users don't install programs to the D drive anyway, so removing programs won't free up space there.

 

[jmjsquared]

I agree...

... with SNGX1275 : Why do you think you need to uninstall any programs at all?

Assuming for a moment that it is a new computer and you want to remove some of the Manufacturer's "bloat ware" --that is, trial software or software that you won't ever use-- then you need to make that decision. But, since disk-space is not an issue at this time, perhaps you should wait a few months before making any removal decisions. If you want subjective opinions about "good/bad/useless" software installed on your system, then please post a list. I am sure you will get lots of opinions you can weigh.

Finally, I suggest that you take Norton's recommendations VERY cautiously. I am now testing Norton Internat Security 2011 Beta ( build: 18.0.0.128) and it gives a lot of "false positives".

Good luck! :wave: