Do I Need These Programs?

I am going thru my programs and saw these and cannot seem to find out anywhere if they are imperative that I keep them. I think they are some type of business apps.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft SQL Native Client
" " Setup
C++ Redistibrutable

I don't want to delete them if I need them.

Thanks

 

If its a clean system and you are not running any database or programming applications they can go, I see those commonly in conjunction with accounting software and custom database applications

 

I have seen these two install with a number of applications and they have never caused any issues. CC is right, they usually accompany programs that need to access some sort of data storage.

 

Keep them just in case
No harm in having them on the computer
They don't tie up any resources to slow up the computer

Alex

 

Thanks Guys!

 

Alex, they do take up resources. Especially if you have SQL server 2005 running in the background (even if it doesn't have any database's associated with it)... we have all those mentioned programs on about 150 computers at work and before you load the system with it the RAM usage off the bat on a base system load with all the drivers etc from HP runs at about 300MB - after loading all that programming stuff it goes up to about 550MB

 

So, I guess I will remove them all and see just how much they are consuming. I'll let you !

 

I will look and see
I just have to find the Toughbook that has them installed!
And then report back

Alex

 

The C++ Redistributable could be used by any number of applications. It depends on how a particular application was developed. I discovered that on a Dell laptop, one of the wireless utilities required the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 redistributable in order to run (it also impacted Control Panel functionality, too).

I can't speak for the apps on your specific ToughBook, but if some programs start crashing or failing, you might need to reinstall it. Of the items listed, the C++ redistributable is the riskiest to uninstall, and there won't really be any performance improvements associated with removing it--the redistributable libraries will be invoked by the application when needed.

If you're not running any applications, the SQL entries could potentially be uninstalled. Note that if there are multiple SQL instances, you will need to run the uninstaller one time for each instance. There are services installed with SQL, so removing them

Download Links for the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables--
* VC++ 2005 SP1 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...d9-ae1a-4a14-984d-389c36f85647&displaylang=en
* VC++ 2008 SP1 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...75-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en

Note that if an application was written using the VC++ 2005 redistributable, you will need to have that one installed (i.e. the 2008 version is not a replacement for the 2005 version).