uninstall / reinstall- would I lose my character and levels?

[Captain Dobie]

I am thinking about uninstalling and reinstalling the program to see if it might help with the terrible lag that is occuring with my computer / game. My son and I share a computer with our own sign ons and he was the one who downloaded this program from his sign on. We have experienced problems in the past with programs, so was hoping if I removed and reinstalled it might help. I know that there are apparently inherit problems with lag in this game, but possibly mine is worse because of that. I really don't want to lose my character and the levels that I have achieved. Has anyone else uninstalled and reinstalled, if so, did it help and did your character survive. If someone can answer this soon, it would be appreciated. I want to get this corrected soon if I can. It is about to drive me crazy with how bad this is. Thanks.