Zolved community solution

 

Zolved community solution Createarticle_iconnew articleEditarticle_iconedit article

How can I get to play on Xbox Live?

Here's what you have to do to get your Xbox 360 on Xbox Live.

Getting setup to play online, on Xbox Live,  requires several things. Here's what you need:
  1. An Xbox or Xbox 360.
  2. A high-speed internet connection (either cable or dsl).
  3. A Windows Live ID (or Passport account/Hotmail account).
  4. A Xbox Live Profile.
  5. A nice comfy chair.
We'll assume you already have #1 (why else would you be here?) and #2 (how else could you get here?).  While we'd love to go shopping for #5 with you, we just help you with #3 and #4 and leave it at that.

For both 3 and 4, it is way faster to do these on a normal computer (even Microsoft recommends this) and not through the Xbox. It's just easier with a normal keyboard and mouse. Go to http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live and go through the process. Here are some tips for the process:

 - Xbox Live for Xbox 360 has a different set of prerequisites than Xbox Live for the original Xbox video game system has. This article describes those prerequisites.

- Live-enabled profile:
  • An Xbox 360 Memory Unit or Xbox 360 Hard Drive to store profile information about the Xbox 360 console.
  • An e-mail address
  • A Gamertag, here are the traits of a Gamertag:
    • 1 to 15 characters long (a through z, A through Z, 0 through 9, or spaces).
    • Must start with a letter, cannot include more than one consecutive space, cannot end in a space.

 - The Windows Live ID account must contain the following information:

  • Country
  • Language
  • Birth date
  • First and last name
  • Alternative contact e-mail address
  • Secret question
  • Secret answer
  • Telephone number
  • Acceptance of the Xbox Live terms of use

Note Users age 12 and under, or 13 and under in Korea, have the following additional requirements:

  • A parent's Windows Live ID account
  • Consent from a parent to play on Xbox Live
  • Credit card information
    • First name and last name
    • Card type
    • Card number
    • Expiration date
Problem not solved?
Ask a Zolved Guru... 		Friend needs help?
Try Zolved Remote Control... 		rate the article
star
AddThis Social Bookmark Button Delicious del.icio.us   Stumble stumble Print_icon print
copyright © 2007, IPTouch, Inc.

 

 

Comments

 

 

Type:ArticleContent
Updated at:27 Mar 02:38
Updated by:Technobuff
Tags: xbox 360 xbox live
Keywords:xbox live, x box live, xbox live profile, logging on xbox live, play online, xbox360, xbox video game, Xbox 360 console, Xbox 360 Hard Drive, Xbox 360 Memory Unit, gamertag, email account, live id account, Getting Xbox, Xbox Live, xbox 360, 360 xbox, live last, live box, box live, live xbox, logging xbox, online xbox360, xbox360 xbox, video game, 360 Memory, emory Unit, Unit gamertag, gamertag email, email account, Top SolutionsArticle, SolutionsArticle Source, Live What, online Xbox, 360 high, high speed, speed internet, internet connection, Windows Live, ID Passport, Passport account, account Hotmail, Hotmail account, Profile nice, chair We'll, We'll assume, how else else could, could you, you get, you we, about Xbox, address Gamertag, Gamertag here, Gamertag 15, 15 characters, characters long, spaces Must, Must start, start with, with letter, letter cannot, cannot include, more than, one consecutive, consecutive space, space Windows, must contain, address Secret, Secret question, answer Telephone, Telephone number, Users age, age 12, 12 under, under 13, 13 under, under Korea, Korea have, additional requirements, parent's Windows account Consent, parent play, play Xbox, Live Credit, Credit card, Card type, Expiration date, migrate Xbox, 360 cannot, cannot connect, 360 Live, Live console
Brand: Topic > Setup
Topic > Top Solutions
Article Source > Authored in Zolved
Brand > Microsoft > XBOX
Brand > Microsoft > XBOX 360