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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How can I change my Xbox LIVE Gold Family primary account?
The leader of your Xbox LIVE Gold Family pack is the "primary" account, who sets the rights/privileges for the other family user accounts. I want to make another account the primary, but am finding no ...
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Can you get special prisoner heads twice in Battle Block Theater?
I started playing Battle Block theater and have been collecting the special "star" prisoner heads that have been given out. When trading online, there is a huge premium for these characters because ...
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Not getting Microsoft Points for my birthday month reward
I signed up for Xbox Live Rewards and my birthday is this month. My friend on the first week of his birthday month, got Microsoft Points for however many Gamerscore he has. How do I get my reward and ...
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How can I change verification email on Xbox Live?
I went to cancel automatic Gold subscription renewal (a sad moment in my life to be sure), and Microsoft emailed me a confirmation code that I had to copy/paste into a form to confirm the ...
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Are “Games on Demand” loading times faster than that of games installed from disc?
Microsoft sells "full" (non-Arcade) games on its Xbox Live Marketplace as digital downloads ("Games on Demand"). On average, are GoD loading times significantly faster than that of the disc version ...
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When are local licenses assigned?
Xbox Marketplace purchases come with two licenses: system and local. Respectively, you can use the purchase wherever you're logged in with your gamertag ("system"), or with any gamertag on the ...
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Are Xbox Live Arcade different from other downloadable games? Multi-player between the two?
There are games on xbox live both available for download and on arcade (I'm talking Tony Hawks HD, but others exist). The description page is longer and more detailed for the "full game" on my xbox, ...
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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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How does the cloud save in Skulls of the Shogun work?
I played Skulls of the Shogun on my Windows 8 device for about 30 minutes, making fair progress in the first level. The campaign was saved both through autosave and through explicit saving.
I then ...
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Modern Warfare 3 Private Match with more than 9 players
I was trying to play a private match with my clan, but we could not get more than 9 players in the match at once because the Xbox Live lobby would only allow 9 players. Then we were not able to add ...
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Can't access Xbox LIVE in GTA IV
I have an xbox360 and every time I play Grand Theft Auto IV and the go to multiplayer, it says "your gamer profile does not have the correct permissions to access Xbox LIVE functionality". I have ...
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Do you have to use all four accounts right away for Xbox Live Gold family memberships?
I checked Microsoft's FAQ for the Xbox live gold family pack, and browsed on here for a little while, but can't seem to find the answer to my question. My wife and I both have Xbox consoles, and I ...
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Can you still play PSO Episode I & II on Xbox?
I heard that you need a Xbox Live account to play Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II on Xbox, even for the offline mode.
Unfortunately, the service was shut down for the first Xbox generation ...
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How can I recover my offline lost achievements and saved games?
Some years ago I logged in XBox Live for first time in my XBox, for some reasons I stopped using it in Live and only played offline. One day I recovered my gamertag in a friend's console, but that was ...
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XBox 360 randomly not signing in to Xbox LIVE
So occasionally when I turn on my Xbox 360 it will not automatically log in to my Xbox Live account (like it should). It hangs for minutes at time before either finally logging in or telling me that ...
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If I have Xbox live gold will others on my system be able to play Halo matchmaking?
I have an Xbox live gold account. If I sign in and start a Halo online matchmaking game will my son without a good account be able to join in?
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Xbox Live Email Extension?
I have an Xbox Live account. When I made it, I don't recall selecting much more than my username.
Now I want to login with to a website but I need to know what the standard ending for an Xbox Live ...
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Can I play Xbox Live games (Halo) on WIFI without too much lag? [closed]
I have no access to a hard line highspeed internet, I have to use a WIFI connection. Is there a way to play Halo 3 (and Halo 4 soon) via WIFI without a terrible lag? This really depresses me. I ...
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Xbox Live Family Pack on multiple consoles
If we have 4 xbox's in our house (three in bedrooms and one in the living room), can we buy an Xbox live Family Pack for 12 months (you get 12 months for 4 accounts) and use one account on each Xbox ...
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XBOX 360 not connecting to XBOX live but connecting to WiFi network
If I have a standard home Broadband connection, in the UK, which I can connect any device to wirelessly to and it appears to connect OK, and no websites appear to be blocked, but my XBOX 360 connects ...
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How do I make my account able to download “Mature”-rated games?
I have three accounts on my XBox (now it's two). The problem is the main account that I use is not the one that was made first, so when I go to download "Mature" demos it says that "this account is ...
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What does the “Mastering X-Y” status mean for Borderlands 2?
When viewing your online friends' statuses, you'll see something like below:
Level 10 Assassin
Mastering 1-7
What does the "Mastering 1-7" mean?
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How can I contact XBox Live? [closed]
I can't seem to find any contact information for XBox Live. What is their email address?
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Is Xbox Live needed to save progress in Your Shape Fitness Evolved?
I don't have Xbox Live and every time I start the game Your Shape Fitness Evolved it says it can't connect to Xbox, so it can't save.
Is there a way to save in Your Shape Fitness Evolved without an ...
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Does XBox 360 Live require a broadband connection?
My son wants an XBox 360 and insists it will work online with it's own WiFi and not use my download despite the fact that I have turned off my broadband WiFi. I think it needs an external broadband ...
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How do I move save data from the hard disk to the cloud?
In the past I have saved games to the hard disk, but now that the Xbox has the option to save game data to a cloud based service I am considering using this instead, as I would like to ensure that in ...
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How do I setup xbox live gold for a child?
My 10 year old son recently got an xbox 360 and is set up as a child account on the Xbox. He is requesting to try xbox live gold membership for 1 month. But I cannot figure out how to set this up. ...
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How can I get two Xbox 360's to be in “open nat” mode behind the same router?
I have two Xbox 360's, one WiFi and the other wired through the same Linksys E3000 router with DD-WRT (v24-sp2 (04/13/11) std-usb-nas firmware).
Mine (the wired one, though hers has been wired in ...
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Is there a consolidated “outside the box” way to review movie/tv show support for XBox video apps?
XBox live now supports a plethora of video apps. Since I require entertainment to be beamed into my eyes at all times, I actually make use of many of these video services. In particular, I have Hulu ...
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Am I going to lose access to cloud storage when my gold membership expires?
I currently have an Xbox Live gold membership, and I am uploading all my saved games to the Xbox 360 cloud storage.
According to this article you need a gold membership to use cloud storage.
What I ...
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Downloading DLC on XBL with a Silver account?
I purchased the Season Pass along with Borderlands 2 when it first came out. Since then my Xbox-live service has ended and I don't see myself paying for more anytime soon.
Will I still be able to ...
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How can I store my saves in the cloud?
Is there a way to enable the cloud storage option for Skyrim saves? Other games ask me where I want my save file.
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When do games become available on “Games on Demand”?
I want to purchase NFS:Most Wanted through xbox live, however NFS:MW is not available there. When should I expect it to be available on "Games on Demand" ? Do games have a generic time duration before ...
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How do I cancel Xbox LIVE automatic renewal online?
Is there a way to discontinue your Xbox Live automatic monthly/annual renewal (and credit card charge) over the Web/Internet?
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What are the consequences of recovering my gamer tag?
I'd like to track achievements and access cloud saves tied to my Xbox live account. Id like to do this from a friends Xbox. Ive read the best way to do this is to recover the gamer tag.
If I recover ...
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I have XBOX Live but on MW3 my guest can't play?
I've played Modern Warfare 3 before with a guest and I redeemed my code just an hour before. It just keeps on saying "Can't sign in" and it's really annoying - can anyone help?
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xbox360 250gb slim, wont connect to the internet
I am from California, I am visiting family in Connecticut for the holidays. It being a long vacation I decided to bring my xbox, and all works fine with it except it will not connect to the internet, ...
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Can I convert an Xbox LIVE Family Pack back into an individual XBL Gold account?
You can merge two LIVE Gold accounts into one Family Pack easily, but is there a way to dissolve the family and get those months back for an individual/single/solitary account (even if for just one)? ...
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How can I buy an Xbox LIVE Gold membership for someone else?
We would like to give our son an XBox LIVE Gold membership. He and I both have free (silver) accounts on Xbox LIVE. Options I have found so far include:
Attach our Visa card to our son's account
Go ...
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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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Can everyone in an Xbox Live Family Pack access DLC etc?
I've had an Xbox Live Gold subscription for over 10 years now but, since my partner has recently moved in, I'm looking at alternatives to see how best to share games and content. I have a massive ...
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Missing characters on a xbox live card
My dog destroyed my xbox live card and it's missing 2 characters in it. Is there any way, besides just trial and error, to correctly guess some digits/letters ? I really don't want to go through the ...
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Lost connection to XBox Live
When I test my internet connection it says that everything is up and running.
However, when I go to sign in it says that my XBox Live connection has been lost and asks me if I want to test my ...
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How do I find people who actually want to play Left 4 Dead survival mode on Xbox live
It seems like about 50% of the time I join a random game of Survival mode on XBox Live I end up with a bunch of 12 year olds who think it's funny to just go around and shoot each other. If I really ...
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Entering Xbox Live redeem codes online (rather than on Xbox 360 console)
Is there any way to enter those crazy 25-character alphanumeric Xbox Live redeem codes online instead of via Xbox 360 controller?
I have my XBL account linked with a Microsoft Passport account, if ...
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How do I contact Xbox Live Account staff via e-Mail?
I was looking for a really old account of mine on Xbox live and I found it; it has been about 7 years since it's been used and has become inactive.
Now I cannot remember any info needed to access ...
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How do I figure out how old my XBox Live account is?
Microsoft announced that the oldest Xbox live accounts get Xboxes, I don't think I qualify, but how do I determine how long I've been a member?
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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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Will playing Mass Effect multiplayer from one account affect every profile on the console?
My husband and I are using one Xbox 360, but different profiles. I want to play multiplayer in Mass Effect 3, but the Xbox Live account belongs to my husband.
The only thing I want from the ...
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Effect of Xbox player reviews?
What effect does an xbox player review have on the reviewed player - does their rep or gamerscore change? Do they see the submitted review?
