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    HP Protect Tools and Intel AMT.

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Copyright, Jun 12, 2008.

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    My laptop came with this software and was curious if it is of any use. I tried to uninstall ProtectTools but it was unable to stop the process to complete the uninstall. I found I can disable Intel AMT in device manager. Is that the best way to disable AMT? I am trying to free up resources and uninstall whats not needed. Thx for any input!
     
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    Found out that the HP Protecttools causes a slow bootup in Vista. Unisalled it and it goes into the OS MUCH faster. Not sure about the AMT still.
     
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    The best way to uninstall programs that Windows says are still running and it can't stop is to boot into safemode.
     
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