On: Intel platforms from 2008 onwards have a remotely ...

[elorant]

I've disabled ME on my PC because at some point LMS (Local Management Service) started consuming too much resources for no apparent reason.

[the_common_man → elorant]

How do you disable it? In the BIOS? Is it enabled by default?

[elorant → the_common_man]

I'm running Windows and I just disabled the service. There are a couple of them, one is Local Management Service and the other is User Notification Service.

[hdhzy → elorant]

ME is a separate chip running alongside main CPU. You can't disable it via Windows services :)

I recommend Platform Embedded Security Technology Revealed book [0] from designers and creators of ME for further information.

[0]: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4302-6572-6

[elorant → hdhzy]

I stand corrected :)