The unique account name for a player on Microsoft's Xbox Live.
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Xbox Gamertag Profile on Friend's Console - Can I download my content?
I'm going to be travelling to a friend's this upcoming weekend, and during the time I will likely be using a friend's Xbox. I know that within the past year Microsoft has made the shift to keep ...
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If I change my Xbox gamertag, can someone take the old name?
After paying the $10 to rename your account, does the old gamertag point to the new gamertag, or is the old name released back into the pool for anyone to claim? (Looking for something ...
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Can I transfer my Xbox 360 content licenses to another gamertag/account?
I know that I can transfer licenses between Xbox 360 consoles (say, if replacing a broken console), but is there any way to transfer (permanently move) licenses/ownership from one gamertag to another ...
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I don't remember my Live ID
I have an old xbox360 and my account is there. I want to download my account on the new black Xbox360. The thing is, I don't remember the email associated with that gamertag.
How can I get it?
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How does Xbox Live Gamertag recovery affect my achievements?
My Xbox 360 broke one day while I was not connected to Xbox Live. I recovered my Gamertag on my friend's Xbox 360 while connected to Xbox Live. I then earned a couple of achievements on his Xbox 360 ...
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So what's the catch with XBox live family memberships?
I was thinking today that my father, my brother, and in fact various family members, all have XBox live accounts. I'm aware there is some type of discount for purchasing a family account, and I'm ...
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Display “Name” instead of Gamertag on Xbox dashboard
My dad got an Xbox for Christmas, and set up his local profile as "Dave." He wanted to be able to download some free DLC for Rocksmith, and added a Silver Live account to that profile.
However, now ...
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Is there any way to play Battlefield 3 multiplayer from more than one xbox 360 it's installed on?
Is there anyway to play battlefield 3 from various xbox systems just by recovering your gamertag?
I hope so...
Currently I am trying to play battlefield 3 on xbox 360 at work.
We have in office ...
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Xbox 360 HDD or OS is not working the way its supposed to
So, I was playing Mass Effect 2 and as I was walking the screen just kind of froze, I could still hear sound playing fine so I knew the console didn't freeze. After about 2 minutes of waiting a screen ...
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Does Xbox hard drive transfer transfers Achievements/Avatar awards?
I can no longer sign in to Xbox Live since the May Update thinks my first gen XBox360 is pirated (its not).
Still, its pretty old, loud, the disc tray doesnt open all the time, loud, etc, so I am ...
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How can I remove an account from Xbox 360?
I have a second-hand Xbox 360 with a huge amount of old accounts. How do I remove them? I do not have Xbox Live.
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How do I save my Xbox Live Profile to a USB drive?
I want to take my profile and save it to a removable USB drive. How do I do this?
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xbox live account unique to console or profile?
Me and my college friend are two noobs which just bought a xbox, before registering on xbox live I wanted to ask this:
We made two profiles on console. Now for registering to xbox live, does this ...
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Is it possible to recover a gamertag/account from a (fat) Xbox 360 with no hard drive?
When the slim 360's came out, I traded in my white 20gb model without the hard drive. I assumed that all profile/gamertag information was on the hard drive.
Fast forward to today and I see that ...
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Is it possible to play online with an XBox Live Silver account?
I do not own an XBox, but a friend of mine does. I recently changed my regular on-console gamer profile to an XBox Live Silver profile so that I can use my profile on any XBox. I do want to play ...
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Old Hard Drive on new XBox
My old XBox RRoD'd for the 2nd time. No more repairing it, instead I got a new XBox 360 4GB. I ordered a drive enclosure for my old XBox's 120GB hard drive to fit the form-factor of the new XBox ...
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How do I organize information between the two Xbox 360's in the same house?
Through a twist of fate, I have 2 xbox 360's to use in different rooms in my house. Let's call them "original" and "new".
The question is: How do I organize information between the 2 consoles?
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Where are Multiplayer Profiles Stored?
Are multiplayer profiles stored locally with my gamer tag on my console? Or are they stored on the games host server?
For example if I recovered my gamer tag on another console to play Crysis 2 or ...
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Some questions regarding Xbox Live Service
I recently bought Xbox 360 with Kinect in US and brought it to India and I haven't yet created a Xbox Live account. I have some questions regarding how Xbox Live will work with regards to the ...
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Why do I have to recover my gamertag every time I use an xbox?
I go back and forth between playing at my house on my xbox, to a friends house on his. Every time I sign in on one or the other I have to recover my gamertag. Is it not possible to use your xbox live ...
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Can I copy an Xbox Live profile from one USB stick to another and then use each copy on a separate console?
I have two Xbox 360s (work and home), each of which I want to use on Xbox Live using the same profile. I will not ever have both connected at the same time. I am aware I can move my profile from the ...
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Saving Xbox Live profile picture
Is there a way I can save the Xbox Live profile picture to a PC hard disk? I want to use it as my Gravatar.
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Will a Xbox gamertag transfer remove the account entry in billing.microsoft.com?
I have an issue with my Live ID account. It seems that I have a mismatch of countries in https://billing.microsoft.com for my Xbox Live account. So I need to remove my Xbox Live account (from ...
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How do I delete a game from my Xbox Live history?
A comment on this question says you can delete a game from your history if you have no achievements for it.
I remember awhile back this was not possible, and many users did not like it because ...
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How do I recover lost achievements?
A few weeks ago my cousin recovered his Gamertag on my Xbox 360 because we were playing Xplosion Man at my place and he wanted to get the achievements. Some time after, he started playing Red Dead ...
