Made account when it was still GFWL, recently returned and don't know how to log into it.

Discus and support Made account when it was still GFWL, recently returned and don't know how to log into it. in XBoX Accessibility to solve the problem; I first made a windows account a long time ago when it was still Games For Windows Live. I have not since had to use a microsoft gaming service since... Discussion in 'XBoX Accessibility' started by Intihub, Dec 13, 2022.

  1. Intihub
    Intihub Guest

    Made account when it was still GFWL, recently returned and don't know how to log into it.


    I first made a windows account a long time ago when it was still Games For Windows Live. I have not since had to use a microsoft gaming service since it transitioned to Xbox.

    I logged in to Xbox with details I thought were for my ancient GFWL account but I was instead presented with a new profile with the default randomly generated gamertag. The old profile is still there if I look for it on the Xbox client, with all my old games and achievements, but I have no idea how to log into it.

    I still have access to all my email accounts, but any email account use log into on Xbox gives me a "new" profile and gamertag instead of the original one I wish to use.

    How can I access this long lost account, is there some sort of migration process I have missed?

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    Intihub, Dec 13, 2022
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  2. Intihub Win User

    Made account when it was still GFWL, recently returned and don't know how to log into it.

    I didn't know accounts were killed for good after so much time of inactivity.

    Thanks for solving this.
  3. Intihub Win User

    Made account when it was still GFWL, recently returned and don't know how to log into it.

    Looking on the GFWL help, under the "What Features Are Still Up And Running?" tab the response says that Gamertags for installed games still function.

    Does this mean that I simply cannot recover that gamertag and it's forever locked to that old account?
  4. StevenK_M Win User

    Made account when it was still GFWL, recently returned and don't know how to log into it.

    Looking on the GFWL help, under the "What Features Are Still Up And Running?" tab the response says that Gamertags for installed games still function.

    Does this mean that I simply cannot recover that gamertag and it's forever locked to that old account?
    Thanks for keeping me posted, Intihub.

    Unfortunately, as per the latest update of Microsoft account activity policy, if there is no activity for more than two years it will be deactivated and no longer be accessed which also applies on GFWL.
  5. Tezzerrific Win User

    Made account when it was still GFWL, recently returned and don't know how to log into it.

    GFWL is a dead duck, been obsolete for years now. also if you do not log into an xbox account for a number of years then it is closed.
  6. StevenK_M Win User

    Made account when it was still GFWL, recently returned and don't know how to log into it.

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Made account when it was still GFWL, recently returned and don't know how to log into it.

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