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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
WN08-GE-000033	WN08-GE-000033	WN08-GE-000033_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-000033_chk )
Verify the Games app has been removed from the system. Open a command prompt as an administrator. Enter "dism /online /Get-ProvisionedAppxPackages". If "DisplayName : Microsoft.XboxLIVEGames" is listed, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-WN08-GE-000033_fix)
Remove the Games app from the system. Open a command prompt as an administrator. Enter "dism /online /Get-ProvisionedAppxPackages". Make note of the PackageName (e.g., Microsoft.XboxLIVEGames_1.0.927.0_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.

Fix Text (F-WN08-GE-000033_fix)

Remove the Games app from the system.
Open a command prompt as an administrator.
Enter "dism /online /Get-ProvisionedAppxPackages".
Make note of the PackageName (e.g., Microsoft.XboxLIVEGames_1.0.927.0_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.