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I get all that - I've worked in enterprise IT my entire career. It does not explain the 30 minute timer.
> It does not explain the 30 minute timer. An innocent use would be: "If the ME is hung, turn it off and on again."
Sigh. If I need to spell this out:
Why is the ME watchdog mandatory?
What innocent explanation details why Intel has chosen to deny me the option to consider the ME a security risk in my environment and disable it?