Can't remember my son's outlook password so he can sign in to xbox live

JustInSane0516 · Mar 18, 2017

Hey I can't remember my son's outlook password so he can sign in to xbox live. he Is on a family profile using my live account. Is there any way to change the settings so that he doesn't even need to enter it? or what should I do

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xboxfelix · Mar 18, 2017

How to password protect your Xbox LIVE profile

Xbox LIVE password overview

It is possible to download your Xbox LIVE profile to several different consoles. You may need to do this if you have more than one Xbox 360 console, or you want to play games at a friend's house. In such a situation, you may want to password protect your Xbox LIVE account so that no one else can sign in using your profile.

Set the console to remember your password

Once you have downloaded your Xbox LIVE profile to a console, you will be asked if you want the console to remember your password. The Remember Password option is usually off by default. This means that you will be asked for your Microsoft account password every time you sign into Xbox LIVE.

If you don't want to be asked for your Microsoft account password every time you sign into Xbox LIVE, select the Remember Password option.

Change the password protection on your profile

You are required to set the Remember Password option after you download your Xbox LIVE profile. However, you can change the password protection on your Xbox LIVE profile any time.

If you don't need a password to sign in:

Sign into your Xbox LIVE profile. After you have entered your Microsoft account password, select the Remember Password option.

If you choose the Remember Password option, you will not be asked for your Microsoft account password the next time you sign into your Xbox LIVE profile.

If you need a password to sign in:

You can restrict access to your Xbox LIVE profile on any console using your Microsoft account password.

Steps to follow

1) Sign in using your Xbox LIVE gamertag.

2) Under Settings, select Account and then Account Security

3) Choose the option for Password at Sign In.

4) Select Require Password Here

You will be asked for your Microsoft account password the next time you sign into your Xbox LIVE profile.

How to password protect your Xbox LIVE profile remotely

If you downloaded your Xbox LIVE profile to another console and it is not password protected, or someone has compromised your password, you can change the password from a remote location so that no one else can access your profile.

Change your Microsoft account

1) Sign into accounts.live.com using your Microsoft account.

2) Go to Account Information and, next to Password, click Change.

You can also use your console to change your Microsoft account password.

Note: If the Xbox LIVE profile you downloaded does not require a password to sign in (You selected the Remember Password option), you will not be able to restrict someone from signing into your Xbox profile even if you change your Microsoft account password.

You can remove your Microsoft account password so that other people cannot access your Xbox profile on other consoles. This will ensure that a password is required before signing into your Xbox profile.

Remotely set a profile password from a computer:

1) Sign into your Xbox LIVE account.

2) Under Settings, select Account, and then Account Security

3) Choose the option for Password at Sign In.

4) Select On All Other Consoles.

Once you have done this, a password will be required to sign into your Xbox LIVE profile on all other consoles.

E N A ii R A · Mar 18, 2017

Microsoft Account

My brother can't remember his Microsoft Account password, and his Xbox just randomly asked him for it, so he cant get on Xbox Live.. Is there anyway he can reset his password?

ArminatorX

Unfortunately, with the prepaid card, it's basically impossible to find the account of your son.

Does your son have so many e-mail addresses that he can't remember which one he used? He might try to find the email address used for his Microsoft Account with this support page: Forgot
the Microsoft Account Email Address for your Xbox Live account? Learn How to Find It.

After he found the Email, he can reset/recover his password here: https://account.live.com/ResetPassword.aspx

After signing in with his email, his Gamertag account will automatically show up on his console.

HassanB

If he still has the gamertag on the console (this will only work for a profile that was connected to XBOX Live previously and is not an "offline" profile) tell your friend to go to the XBOX 360 Dashboard signed in to the profile you'd like to access > Settings
> Account > Manage tab > Windows Live ID. It will list the e-mail for the account there.

He can tell you that e-mail and you can use that e-mail to recover the account as long as you can remember the password. If for some reason you can't remember the password to the account that he gives you the e-mail for you can then reset the password by following
the directions located here.

Arminator

[quote user="Soultakerr"]he can come downstairs log onto one, but if he tries to log on to his 360 it says he needs a live account???[/quote]

On the One, with your son signed in, can he go to the left to open the slide-in guide, then to the cogwheel symbol and under account check what Microsoft Account email he is using?

Make note if it's the same email he is trying to use on the 360.

Additionally, have him sign in with the email at the
page for account security.

Check if his account is protected by Two Step Verification. If his account IS IN FACT PROTECTED by Two Step Verification, your son needs to create a so called "App Password" further down on that page, as the Xbox 360 can't (yet) work with the code request
for Two Step Verification.

After your son created an App Password, use THAT password instead of his "regular" password.

Arminator

If it is an account on a Xbox One console, the account is tied to a Microsoft Account email.

If your son still remembers the email and password to that account, they can simply re-download their accounts with that sign in information.

However, they don't sign in with the Gamertag name, but with the Microsoft Account email address.

Should your son have trouble remembering the email address, he can
follow the instructions here to try to recover the email.

EmmaPeel007

Basically I had to go back to my hotmail/live/outlook whatever they are calling it now account and change the Primary e-mail address to my old e-mail address. Then I took it off Magical sign in with Kinect and selected just plain old remember my password.
Now it seems to be working - so far...

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