Question please

[Abe and Barb K.]

I have a new HP computer that seems to have come with Python 2.2 with win32 extensions software.

I'm not a programmer or tech and would like to know if I can just remove this software without affecting anything in my system as it is taking up space if I'm not going to use it?

Thanks so much.
Barbara K.

 

[Andrew Koenig]

I have a new HP computer that seems to have come with Python 2.2

with win32 extensions software.

I'm not a programmer or tech and would like to know if
I can just remove this software without affecting anything
in my system as it is taking up space if I'm not going to use it?

The question is whether anything else on your machine depends on it.
As we don't know what else is on your machine, we can't answer that
question.

Out of curiosity, what fraction of the total space on your machine does
Python occupy?
On mine, it's about 1/20 of a percent.

 

[wes weston]

I have a new HP computer that seems to have come with Python 2.2 with
win32 extensions software.

I'm not a programmer or tech and would like to know if I can just remove
this software without affecting anything in my system as it is taking up
space if I'm not going to use it?

Thanks so much.
Barbara K.

Abe/Barb,
It sounds like you are running a Dos/Windows variant
so it is unlikely anything system crucial needs Python.
You could probably move the Python to a new directory,
say, \PythonTemp. Run for some time to check it out,
move it back where it was, and uninstall.
You could also check out the tutorial on python.org.
Python may be the fastest growing language - due to its
popularity.
wes

 

[Peter Hansen]

I have a new HP computer that seems to have come with Python 2.2 with
win32 extensions software.

I'm not a programmer or tech and would like to know if I can just remove
this software without affecting anything in my system as it is taking up
space if I'm not going to use it?

It's probably part of some system maintenance utilities that HP
includes, and you're best off leaving it alone. There's a note in the
Python FAQ at www.python.org that mentions this sort of thing in case
you're interested.

Besides, as this is a new computer, it's very likely that the disk space
being taken up by Python is a small fraction of one percent of the
total, and you're really not gaining anything significant by doing this.
It ain't broke, so don't "fix" it.

-Peter