simple or silly question?????

vixen1500

hiya is it safe to uninstall my modem drivers now that i used broadband?

Browntoa

yes , i've removed mine totally from the case

busenbust

vixen1500 wrote: »

hiya is it safe to uninstall my modem drivers now that i used broadband?

I suspect so but why would you wish to do that

vixen1500

busenbust wrote: »

I suspect so but why would you wish to do that

Well I was under the impression that the computer runs better with out unnecessary applications and the like and also that it would give me more space on the C drive, - but have I got that wrong???????

GetRealBabe

Hi

I've had broadband for 4 years and never thought of uninstalling the modem drivers. Would it really make a pc much faster?

GRB

busenbust

vixen1500 wrote: »

Well I was under the impression that the computer runs better with out unnecessary applications and the like and also that it would give me more space on the C drive, - but have I got that wrong???????

Yes, but removing the modem drivers will neither give you more drive space nor make the machine perform faster. Not at all. IMHO

busenbust

{This might though - fast enough for you lot!}

BillScarab

This is how to get a speedy computer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26enkCzkJHQ

The amount of space taken up by modem drivers on your hard drive will be tiny and any difference in performance will be so small as to be un-noticable.

It won't hurt if you remove them though.

macman

But the OP is correct in that is is generally good policy to remove unused software from a PC. One redundant program doesn't do any harm, but they do have a habit of building up...

treepotato1

vixen1500 wrote: »

Well I was under the impression that the computer runs better with out unnecessary applications and the like and also that it would give me more space on the C drive, - but have I got that wrong???????

No you haven't, but modem drivers take up very little space, However - I would remove them. Remove as much extraneous crap from your OS as you can.

Remember that you are still using a modem to get broadband though and don't remove the drivers for that.

treepotato1

macman wrote: »

But the OP is correct in that is is generally good policy to remove unused software from a PC. One redundant program doesn't do any harm, but they do have a habit of building up...

Especially in Windows OSs....Can we all say "bloated"?