WHAT IS THIS?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2007-02-17, Captain <bfritz at sprynet.com> wrote:

> Just bought a new PC with Windows XP Media Edition.  I have two entries in 
> the "Add or Remove Programs" section of Control Panel, but there is no 
> corresponding item in the Start Menu.  One entry says: Python 2.2.3 and the 
> other says: Python 2.2 pywin32 extensions (build203)..  The size for each is 
> 29.28mb.  I gather Python is a programming language, but I am wondering why 
> it was installed on my PC, and is it safe to remove it?

Don't ask us, ask whoever installed it.   Many of the big PC
vendors (e.g. IBM/lenovo, Dell, HP/Compaq) install all sorts of
software on PCs they ship.  About half of them install programs
that are written in Python.

> I have no intention of learning the program.

It's required to run some of the programs that came on your PC.


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