Can continueously installing and uninstalling the same thing such as instant messaging screw up your pc?
2006-07-16 17:30:35 · 8 answers · asked by "THE BEAST" 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Well, as long as it is the same thing it will only screw on thing up. That one thing will slow your computer down.
Each time you install and uninstall it writes the data in a new place all over your drive.
You can fix this with DeFrag in your system tools.
2006-07-16 17:39:02 · answer #1 · answered by MrPurrfect 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe so.
The mistakes I've made in the past were deleting installed program files instead of going through an uninstall wizard. A few times, I've deleted the files of an installed program I didn't want anymore because I couldn't find the uninstall wizard and the program then couldn't be uninstalled because some files that I deleted weren't found by the uninstall wizard to go through with the uninstall process.
2006-07-17 00:33:41 · answer #2 · answered by p2prox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, but installing lots of crap, even if you uninstall it could, because when you uninstall programs many leave some stuff behind, like registry keys, that can slow down your computer.
2006-07-17 00:35:29 · answer #3 · answered by Jeff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be totally fine if you installed/uninstalled and repeated...
As long as you uninstall it correctly, and install it correct.
2006-07-17 00:33:17 · answer #4 · answered by Schlonger34 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but the program will keep on writing and deleting data on the hard drive, which shortens its lifespan.
2006-07-17 00:34:35 · answer #5 · answered by elciguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Might have messed up the registry.
2006-07-17 00:34:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, not if you unistall it and not just delete it, and reboot after uninstalling
2006-07-17 00:40:14 · answer #7 · answered by butchell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope... it won't... just you need to do is disk Defragmentation at least once in a week!
2006-07-17 00:46:07 · answer #8 · answered by Umax 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋