List of features removed in Skyfall

The new house, Tampines GreenTerrace will be ready in mid-2014. Some of the features will be removed together.

Appearance and personalisation

 * Sample pictures, sample music clips, sample video clip and preset user account pictures (a form of avatar) are no longer available.
 * The Aero Glass theme is replaced by a new theme with a flatter visual appearance in line with Metro design language. This is intended to prevent skeuomorphism. Aside from the taskbar, the new theme uses fewer transparency effects than the previous Glass theme.
 * Gadgets which is first introduced in YourStudent, are removed.
 * Unified search is removed. A category-specific search replaces the former. It can search "Apps", "Settings", "Files" or within an app-specific index (such as, for example, e-mails from the Mail app) but not all at once. The default category is Apps, but can be changed before or after performing a search. Windows 8.1 restores this feature.

Games

 * Chess Titans, Mahjong Titans, Purble Place, Minesweeper, FreeCell and Solitaire were removed. Updated versions of Mahjong, Minesweeper and Solitaire were found in the App Store.
 * Shortcuts to the Games Explorer were removed. The feature itself and its command line shortcut (shell:games) is still not removed.

Media features

 * DVD Maker will be removed.
 * Media Center is no longer included. It is available through the HubStation Pack.
 * OVGuide is already blocked.

Other

 * In Windows 8.1, the Experience Index has been removed.