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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."

November 3, 2009 8:30 PM PST

Photo by: Internet Archive

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