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    what is Intel Management Engine?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by mikew3456, Jul 9, 2012.

  1. mikew3456

    mikew3456 Notebook Consultant

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    looking at the uninstall list in the control panel, there is "Intel Management Engine Components"

    start menu has "Intel Management and Security Status" and when i open up this program, there are tabs for

    1. Active Management Technology - this seems like some type of remote desktop assitance thing?
    2. Anti-Theft - some type of hardware thing?

    anyone have any more information about this stuff?

    i hate bloatware that comes on the laptop. is it ok to uninstall this?
     
    mikew3456, Jul 9, 2012
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    mikew3456 Notebook Consultant

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    mikew3456, Jul 9, 2012
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    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    Keep in mind that you likely have to be correctly configured to your corporate domain for this to function.

    It's not like some random 15 year old will be able to connect to your laptop while its off in the den or whatever.

    Just saying...
     
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    mikew3456 Notebook Consultant

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    yeah i'm sure thats right

    still pretty stupid imo to install a backdoor into the system by default. how about this: when i do connect to a corporate domain, thats when they put that bloatware on my system.


    found an old thread in case anyone else is interested:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/392292-i-want-get-rid-intel-amt.html


    well i disabled it in the BIOS, then uninstalled from control panel. i now have about 6 less processes running at bootup so thats good. however, in device manager i now get an exclamation mark with "unknown device"
     
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    PatchySan Om Noms Kit Kat

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    You can install the driver only but not the software, just extract the contents of the Intel MEI driver but don't run the setup. Just manually direct the missing driver to the extracted driver using the Device Manager and it should clear up the Unknown Device.
     
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    thank you sir
     
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    tranle Notebook Enthusiast

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    One of the thing that I find useful with MEI is you can use: http://{your machine ip}:16992/ and remote power on / off your machine.
     
    tranle, Jul 13, 2012
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