live
 

Hi all,

could anyone tell me how live is tied to your xbox?

if a friend has an xbox live account and he didnt use it anymore could i effectivly use it on my xbox at my house?

or is it tied to a SN ?

Thanks if anyone could help :)

and yes im trying to get a freebie live account to see what its all about =)

Re: live
 

You can recover the account onto your own box but you'll need all the info that your friend used to activate the account. name, tel. no., credit card details etc....etc..the lot!

It can be done though. I did this so i could use my account on my sons machine upstairs, It worked but when I went to use my account on my own machine I had to go through the account recovery process all over again.
noow thats a pain in the butt.

Re: live
 

rightio thanks for the tip

Re: live
 

To save your friend giving you his CC details, you could get him to recover his GT onto your box (I think it asks for the last 4 digits of the CC when doing this) and that way you will not know these details.

However, when its nearer time to renew, he will have to make the account be cancelled otherwise he will be charged again. He cannot get them to mark it up as finishing at the end of the contract (MS's crappy software).

As far as MS are concerned, they will see that its being used on another box, as if he maybe got a new one. The location is immaterial, esp if the details are correct.

Re: live
 

so coudl we share the same account? if i only used it when he didnt ?

Re: live
 

As well as the "Account Recovery" option, you can also simply copy your friend's XBL account from his XBox to yours using an XBox memory card - saves the hassle of filling in the recovery section with CC number & so on (although you need a memory unit though, obviously, lol).

Yeah, AFAIK. Just so long as you don't each try & use it at the same time.


And, as Zoombini said, when it gets close to the renewal date your friend will need to cancel the sub if he definitely doesn't want it anymore - otherwise he'll be charged again for another year automatically.


You could also try getting one of the "2 month free trial" cards, available in the game boxes of various XBL games. M$ have just started running the offer again:

http://www.xbox.com/en-gb/live/trialoffer.htm