
Microsoft websites, services, and apps such as Bing, MSN and Xbox Live use Microsoft account as a mean of identifying users.

This subscription does NOT include 24X7 assisted technical support through phone, chat or email, nor the security services like McAfee AntiVirus Plus – MSN Edition and Webroot SpySweeper. OPTION 1 – MSN Premium Economy Pack -$9.95/year: Includes MSN Explorer software or butterfly only. Keep your current Internet service provider and subscribe to MSN Premium Internet Software which includes: a junk e-mail filter, e-mail and desktop anti-virus protection, firewall protection, pop-up manager, productivity software, parental controls, and multiple e-mail accounts. As part of the operating system, it is deleted upon upgrading to Windows 10 from an earlier version. Hearts is not included with Windows 8, 10 or 11. The shutdown will impact the following games: Internet Backgammon (XP/ME, 7) What happened to Hearts on Windows? Microsoft has announced that Windows XP and ME services will be ended on July 31, while Internet Games services for Windows 7 will be halted on January 22, 2020. In a Community post, Microsoft has announced that its versions of Internet Backgammon, Checkers, Spades, Hearts, Reversi and MSN Go are indeed going away-if you’re still running Windows XP, they’ll vanish at the end of July.

Unfortunately for the fans, Microsoft’s online card games are going away entirely. Is MSN free?Įnthusiast site notes that nearly everything in Microsoft’s $10-per-month MSN Premium is available for free via Windows or Windows Live. There are bound to be web-based equivalents to these games, so you might not be completely stuck if you’re determined to play something on an older PC.

They’ll have access to Backgammon, Checkers, Spades and MSN Go until January 22, 2020, or roughly a week after Microsoft ends normal support for Windows 7 itself.
