Will vb express be non workable if I uninstall visual c++?

Hi
I didn't know where should I ask this question
I am working visual basic express, when I installed it came with a bunch of programs which are

Microsoft SQL server2005
Microsoft SQL server2008
Microsoft SQL server Compact
Microsoft SQL Server System
Microsoft visual c++ redistributable 2005
Microsoft visual c++ redistributable 2008
Microsoft visual c++ redistributable 2008
Microsoft visual c++ redistributable 2008
visual studio 2010 ADO.net entity framework tools
MSXML 4.0 SP2
MSXML 4.0 SP2

Since then my PC became heavy and slow, I want to some of the programs but I am afraid that vb express won't function properly...

Can someone tell me which program can be removed without problems?
PS: I don't use database with my vb express neither c++...

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Originally Posted by oakeyes

Hi
I didn't know where should I ask this question
I am working visual basic express, when I installed it came with a bunch of programs which are

Microsoft SQL server2005
Microsoft SQL server2008
Microsoft SQL server Compact
Microsoft SQL Server System
Microsoft visual c++ redistributable 2005
Microsoft visual c++ redistributable 2008
Microsoft visual c++ redistributable 2008
Microsoft visual c++ redistributable 2008
visual studio 2010 ADO.net entity framework tools
MSXML 4.0 SP2
MSXML 4.0 SP2

Since then my PC became heavy and slow, I want to some of the programs but I am afraid that vb express won't function properly...

Can someone tell me which program can be removed without problems?
PS: I don't use database with my vb express neither c++...

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None of the things you mention should have any impact on your computers performance (unless you're using them... heavily)

I wouldn't uninstall them because some day you might find a code snippet that you need that has one or more of them as a dependancy and you'll have to either go find and install them, or reinstall VB.net because they need to be configured for it. A different option would be to disable the services (like the SQL server) that way they'll take even less resouces and can be enabled when you need them.

I would look at your other system resources or other programs recently installed to see if any of them would have a large impact on performance. Or do you have an older computer? I can't think of a single modern system that would slow down from those services. I had a netbook running dev software and it ran fine.

I just wouldn't muck around with the install of a development software. It can cause you problems later that you don't want to deal with.

Thanks a lot for your advice,
actually I only noticed the slow down happens when I run vb express, but I though that was attirbuted to the rest of programs...
my computer is 5 yrs old.
but I'll won't uninstall it according to your advice