You may be thinking of the HAP switch. It's an undocumented setting for the High Assurance Program. http://www.zdnet.com/article/researchers-say-intels-managem

You may be thinking of the HAP switch. It's an undocumented setting for the High Assurance Program. http://www.zdnet.com/article/researchers-say-intels-management-engine-feature-can-be-switched-off/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/researchers-say-intels-manageme... I've not tested it, but it looks like you flip a bit and it all goes away. Well, slightly more complicated but that's the gist of it.