Images: MSN through the years

Editors' note: This slideshow was originally published June 19, 2009. It was updated November 3 with the home page image from the 2009 redesign of MSN.

As Microsoft readies for a fall revamp to MSN, CNET News takes a look back at the portal's evolution via screenshots from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.

The MSN portal's first incarnation came in 1996 as a "custom start page."

Photo by Internet Archive