Intel Management Engine

[Yammer]

I'm running an OCUK Asus P8Z77-V system. When I installed W7, I had to install Intel Management Engine driver to get rid of the Device Manager error. But it looks like it's no use to me. As far as I can tell, it's for remote management, so it's just wasting space and cycles.

I looked in the BIOS, but I couldn't find anywhere to switch it off. Is there a nice clean way to get rid of it? Or is it actually useful?

 

[Yammer]

It handles RPC and ACPI. In other words its like a searant major, keeping the troops in line. It installs the SMB during its installation which may answer some of your queries.

Raises more questions than it answers, unfortunately

Surely the basic chipset ACPI stuff is handled by the chipset driver?
RPC is an OS function, isn't it?
SMB?

What I actually did, in the absence of an answer, was un-install the driver and disable the resulting unknown device. Seemed to work fine, without any errors in event manager.

 

[Yammer]

I know what ACPI is, that's why I assume it's handled by the chipset driver. Also, the only SMB I know is SaMBa, which is a networking protocol. None of these things sound like a remote management driver's function. Where did you get your information?