A service provided by Microsoft for its Xbox 360 console. It includes both free and paid services such as multiplayer gaming, digital distribution, and social network integration.
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Does the other person know that you have blocked them in xbox live?
I occasionally get abusive messages on xbox, if my opponent deems that I have had a lucky win on Fifa for instance. I tend to just block them, but does the other user know that I have blocked them, or ...
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Can I play GTA IV's multiplayer with a different disc (DLC / original game) than my friend?
Let's say I have GTA IV (the original game) and my friend has a copy of The Ballad of Gay Tony or The Lost and the Damned. Can we play multiplayer together?
Or what if I have one of the DLC discs, ...
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Can others see my email address?
After the recent dashboard update, I see that the email address linked to my XBox live account flashes across the top right of my dashboard, alternative with my Online Friends/Messages/Gamerscore and ...
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Regarding Access to XBOX Live and Marketplace with Silver Access
I currently have a silver account for XBOX 360 Live. As well as a few games that are asking for "season passes" for access to their DLC and the like.
My question is, do I need to subscribe to the ...
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Purchasing an Xbox live family pack [closed]
Is the only place to purchase a gold family pack through xbox.com?
I've looked through multiple sites and see one, three and 12 month subscription cards for an individual gold membership but ...
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What can I do with Xbox Gold?
When I unlock achievements on Xbox LIVE, I get rewarded with Gold. Here is an example of Gold giving achievements in Wordament worth 10-20G:
Collectively, from different games, they accumulate on ...
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What are the birthday rewards for Xbox Live's “MyAchievements” promotion?
This week, Xbox Live released their promotion thing that turns achievement points into direct benefits per tier. Each tier says you get a "A Special Gift* during your birthday month." Does anyone have ...
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How can I see who owns a particular Xbox game?
For example, I want to buy Portal 2. When I look up Portal 2 on Steam, it tells me which of my friends already own it, which is tremendously helpful. As far as I can tell, there's no easy way to do ...
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Can I update offline earned Xbox360 achievements to Live without recovering my gamertag? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I recover my offline lost achievements and saved games?
About 4 years ago I connected to Xbox Live for the first time. I attained around 4000G before my family ...
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Are Games for Windows Live games registered to a Gamertag, or a Windows Live ID?
My Xbox 360 Gamertag, cptsupermrkt, is registered with/attached to the Windows Live account, myhotmailaccount@hotmail.com.
I bought Arkham City on the PC. To even play the game, I must register my ...
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Must I have an active XBox Live Gold account to get the pre-order bonus for Borderlands 2? [duplicate]
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How do I get my preorder bonuses?
Do you need to have an active XBox Live Gold account to get the pre-order bonus for Borderlands 2?
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Can XBox Live points be used by any player on same console?
I mistakenly put Xbox Live points on my profile and want my son to be able to use the points.
He has Xbox Live Gold, I have Xbox Live free.
We are on the same console.
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Is it possible to play a Games for Windows Live game and use Xbox Live at the same time?
I bought Dawn of War 2 for the PC I ran into a problem:
When I play DoW2 it logs me into my Games for Windows/Xbox "Live" account, the same I use for my Xbox. This is normally just fine, but my wife ...
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How long is the “temporary” account ban from bungie/Halo Reach?
Neither my friend or I have ever been banned. We got the message on his console that both of our accounts, as well as the console, had been banned from earning credits. It pointed us to view the ...
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What is required to play online on the Xbox 360 version of Borderlands?
I've bought Borderlands and I've been playing it on my own. I'm starting to get interested in playing co-op online, but never done it before so not sure how I go about it.
Do I need to do anything ...
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How can I set xbox live to not auto-renew so I don't spend $20 I don't need to? [duplicate]
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Discontinue Xbox Live Online
Starting 2010-11-01 Xbox Live is going from $50->$60 per year. Amazon sells the 12 month subscriptions for $40, so I don't see a point in ...
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Do I have to pay sales taxes on earned Microsoft Live Points?
On http://rewards.xbox.com/earn/ I have many ways to earn points for doing some specific action. When I use these points to purchase an item from XBOX live will I be charged a sales tax? Or are earned ...
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What are the possible characters on an Xbox code
So, Xbox redeemable codes are 25 character case insensitive strings of letters and numbers. However, it has been suggested that not all letter/number combinations might appear (eg. 0/O). In the ...
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Cannot join Xbox Live party, friends cannot join mine
Since I received the Dashboard Preview I have been unable to join Xbox Live parties and nobody can join mine. I'm not 100% sure this coincided with the Preview program, but I think it was around the ...
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How do you join two Xbox Live accounts? [duplicate]
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Is there a way to merge user profiles on xbox360?
I made an Games for Windows Live account a few years ago using my Gmail address. Some time ago I also started playing ...
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What do percentages mean on a BF3 server description?
I am a bit behind the curve, and just started playing BF3. I played BFBC2, and liked it, and enjoy what I see so far in BF3.
The new server setup confuses me though. Since it appears that there are ...
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Can Mass Effect 2 Saves and DLC be used on multiple Xboxes with the same Live Profile?
I have one XBox 360 in my house, and plan to buy a second console for my office (across the country). I'm playing Mass Effect 2 (using Cloud Storage for Saves). I've bought all of the DLC and thus ...
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I can't find any multiplayer games for Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox 360
I completed the campaign in MW3 and it was an awesome experience. Then I head to multiplayer and looked into games that I can play.
But unfortunately there are no games to play. The search says "no ...
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Having a guest on a local xbox join a party on MW3
If you start playing MW3, you can hit 'A' on a second controller to play with you split screen on live.
Also, you can hit 'Y' and invite friends, making a party through some games.
Are you able to ...
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Can I save Kinect game progress without internet?
When my Xbox 360 is not connected to the Internet, for certain Kinect games I am only able to log in using guest mode. Thus I am unable to save game progress. Every time I play again I start from ...
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How do I allow family members to purchase their own Microsoft points on my Xbox Live family plan?
I pay for a family plan and it has my girlfriend and her sister on it. I would like to know if it is possible to allow them to purchase their own Microsoft points that they can use themselves.
Right ...
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Why does Reach only let my friends/party members talk to me?
So, I often play Doubles in Reach, and when I do play, I always play with the same friend. When we're sitting in the pre-game lobby, none of the players (other than my friend) have a mic on my ...
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Up/Downstream Bandwidth Requirements for Xbox Live Multiplayer Games
In terms of upstream and downstream, about how much bandwidth does Xbox Live require for games like Black Ops, while using the VoIP feature with friends?
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Options for playing Xbox Live on a strict public internet connection
I'm going to be working/living a facility with ridiculous internet security for a few months. Does anyone know how I can still play on Xbox Live?
Is there a mobile hotspot capable of supporting XBL, ...
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“Recover” broken games on Xbox?
My Xbox 360 lagged, i gave it a little slap which brought the disc out. Now the game, which happens to be fifa 12 is scratched and unplayable. I tried repairing it but failed and made things worse for ...
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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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Xbox says I have to sign in on Xbox Live but I don't have or want an Xbox Live account
My Xbox 360 says Your console can't conncect to Xbox Live. Do you want to exit the session and test connections?. I don't have Xbox Live and don't want it. I just want to sign in on my profile and ...
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How can I perform an arbitrary search in the Xbox YouTube app?
Admittedly I haven't played with the Xbox YouTube app much. I looked through various tabs and menus and could not find a way to perform a keyword search. Is there a way?
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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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Where can I check what Xbox 360 console is linked to my Windows Live account?
A few years ago I set up my Xbox 360 with xbox.com to be able to purchase and download things directly to the console from the website.
That console has since red-ringed and was replaced under ...
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Was Dreamfall: The Longest Journey removed from Xbox 360 in UK/EU markets?
I recently bought a new Xbox 360 and recovered my profile.
I started downloading games I hadn't finished before I traded my last console. One of them was Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.
When I tried ...
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Non Xbox live profiles getting pestered on sign in
I have four profiles set up on my Xbox. Two of them have Xbox live accounts (me and my wife) and they sign on with no problems. The other two are for my children and they do not have Xbox Live ...
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Flaming Ulitmate Sword
I played with a Monk on xbox live that was doing 1.3Million dps with his giant flaming sword at level 12.
I am guessing this sword is the result of some quest or premium. The sword essentially ...
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What is the format for Xbox LIVE member profile URLs?
Previously, the format was http://live.xbox.com/member/[Gamertag], but this is no longer the case. For example, http://live.xbox.com/member/Xonatron no longer loads.How can I convert old format links ...
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Can I buy the full version of Rayman Origins on XBOX Live?
Recently on XBOX I downloaded the demo for Rayman Origins.
The demo is quite good and I enjoyed all of the previous versions (especially Hoodlum Havoc) so I want to buy the full game, however I can't ...
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Xbox 360 de-friending someone
How would I go about doing this? I can't find anything useful in the Xbox 360's wonderfully informative menus.
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What happens when I remove an Xbox Live friend?
I've got some "friends" on my Xbox Live friends list who aren't really that - they're people I rarely play with and who are more "friends of friends." Unfortunately, the friends list pings me every ...
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When I purchase a game on Xbox Live, will I get a copy on DVD as well?
Will I get the option to order a "hard copy" (DVD) while buying the game on Xbox Live?
I've only ever purchased live arcade game, not a game you usually buy in the store. You know, something over ...
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If I shut down my console from in-game, will games saved to Cloud Storage be uploaded?
Fiddling around under Storage settings, I noticed a new Cloud Storage Console Copy listing under System Items on my hard drive.
I'm assuming with this, that games stored in the Cloud Storage are ...
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Why were my Microsoft points taken away and my money refunded?
I recently bought 1500 points from Microsoft with my credit card. I had 440 before, so then I was at 1940. I then spent 1600 on some DLC, bringing it down to 340.
As usual, there was a charge on my ...
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Xbox Live concern about switching xbox's and having the level of your rank change to the 1st level
I just Bought a new Xbox live card, And i'm going to get a new xbox in February. I am at level 39 in Black Ops and was wondering if i will be on the same level when i get my new xbox.
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Is my Kinect facial recognition data saved on the Xbox live cloud?
One of the new Xbox dashboard features is cloud storage for your Live profile - apparently you can
download your profile to another Xbox with your points balance and friends list etc. But exactly what ...
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Can I purchase any Xbox Live Gold membership card for a family member if I don't know which region they're in?
As per the title, my cousin has an unknown region gamertag/account on his Xbox (or at least, I'm not sure about it 100%).
I want to get him a 12 month Gold subscription so he can join me in online ...
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Forza 4 XBL membership DLC problem
I wanted to download the November car pack, after getting Forza 4 and XBox live membership for 12 months + 2 bonus months, because it said you will get the 6 or so upcoming DLCs for free. Anyway, I ...
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After unsubscribing, should I still have access to Foxtel on the Xbox 360?
On my Xbox Live account a while back I had Foxtel. I got over it / didn't have time for it after a couple months of paying for this service and I removed it from my account.
I haven't been charged ...
