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The Windows 8 SkyDrive app must be removed from the system.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
WN08-GE-000032 WN08-GE-000032 WN08-GE-000032_rule Medium
Description
Some Windows 8 default apps provide links to external services and must be removed from the system.
STIG Date
Windows 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2012-11-21

Details

Check Text ( C-WN08-GE-000032_chk )
Verify the SkyDrive app has been removed from the system.
Open a command prompt as an administrator.
Enter "dism /online /Get-ProvisionedAppxPackages".
If "DisplayName : microsoft.microsoftskydrive" is listed, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-WN08-GE-000032_fix)
Remove the SkyDrive app from the system.
Open a command prompt as an administrator.
Enter "dism /online /Get-ProvisionedAppxPackages".
Make note of the PackageName (e.g., microsoft.microsoftskydrive_16.4.4204.712_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe)
Enter the following to remove the app package from the system: "dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:packagename" substituting "packagename" noted from the previous step.
Uninstall the application from any user profiles provisioned prior to this.