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No, you do not need it. It is for remote PC management.
No chance that not having the latest driver for the Intel Management and Security Application Local Management might cause problems in the future is MS decides to tighten Windows 10’s default security profile to be closer to Windows 11’s?
From what shows on my machine, that Software component is part and parcel of the Intel Management Engine Interface. IMEI is part of what allows the CPU and accompanying chipset do their jobs, or so I thought.
From what shows on my machine, that Software component is part and parcel of the Intel Management Engine Interface. IMEI is part of what allows the CPU and accompanying chipset do their jobs, or so I thought.
As I said earlier, it is for remote PC management. Some big enterprise IT department may well use if to ride herd of a few hundred (or thousand) PC’s, but it is absolutely unnecessary for a single PC at home.
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