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Today I received an Email about onecare ending, there was a part of the message that conserned me which was this

"Your subscription has been modified and will end on April 11th 2011. Your continued use of the Windows Live OneCare services is governed by the same Subscription Terms"

because of this I was wounder if I will be charged on the 11th of April or does this just mean that once the date lands on the 11th onecare will just be gone and done with?

I should point out that I now use norton Internet security due to my previous laptop (which had onecare ) had finally given out after a good long run.

Friday, February 11, 2011 7:58 PM

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You will not be charged. Your subscription will end and cannot then be renewed.

See this post for End of Life information for Windows Live OneCare - http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/onecaregeneral/thread/81996436-edad-41ba-bdfc-02fc094e2ca9

Uninstall OneCare http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/onecaregeneral/thread/732e6371-2e71-479a-8cd6-b189941ed4fb, use the cleanup tool: http://social.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/onecareinstallandactivate/thread/399071e2-49dc-4767-932d-d261e3965943/, and then download and install the free Microsoft Security essentials for malware protection - http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/resources.aspx

If you used OneCare for backups, you'll still be able to restore from old backups if you use the OneCare Restore tool - http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/onecarebackupandrestore/thread/e5d686c8-762b-4b22-bc08-bfb93f911e57, but you'll need to seek an alternative backup solution.

-steve
~ Microsoft MVP Windows Live ~ Windows Live OneCare| Live Mesh|MS Security Essentials Forums Moderator ~
- Marked as answer by Stephen BootsMVP, Moderator Saturday, February 12, 2011 2:00 AM
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