need advice on xbox live family account management on xbox 360

moatsad · Jun 11, 2014

Ok, this is tricky to explain so first some background . Several years ago before xbox live had family accounts i set up multiple accounts on my 360 . My children were young then , and their accounts were created with my email / billing information. Then
came along family accounts and the conversion did not go well , spent many hours on the phone with support trying to get it setup and correct . Never was quite right , as my oldest sons account seems to be the main head of family account and my main account
is a family member. So now he want to move out for college . I can change all his account info to his email , his billing and then he could "Takeover" that account and get his saves , right ? But how do I get my account as the family admin , takeover
the live family subscription , and how do we not lose my DLC ( is all the family DLC tied to that main account ? ) that main account ( technically of his or I would like him to take it ) also seems tied to my youngest daughters office365 subscription
- probably because its the same email - which i could cancel and reset up .

So the conundrum is how to relinquish that account to him to have to take his saves , and reset up the family dynamic without losing all DLC and subscriptions. any thoughts on best approach for this ?

his live account is LTC Cupcake, mine

thank you

doug twyman

:)

Daft Badger · Jun 11, 2014

How do I accomplish this

Xbox live family pack was discontinued on the 360 2 years ago.

Each account on the 360 needs their own gold sub to play online now.

leebroath · Jun 11, 2014

1 Gold Account for the whole family

Bit of good news,
I have just been reading the new Xbox Mag that quote:
'One Xbox Live Gold Account for the whole house, so no need for upgrading the whole family

Nice touch and will save some family's money for all the kids to be able to go Multiplayer

Smwutches · Jun 11, 2014

Your son moving his account shouldn't affect to much of anything really. Since the family plan has been discontinued, each account would need it's own subscription if everyone wants to play online.

DLC is tied to the gamertag that purchased it as well as the console it was purchased on. The console license is what allows all profiles to access the content. Your son can play the content on any other console as long as he is signed into Live. However,
if he does a license transfer it will remove the licenses from your family console and the other profiles will not be able to access the content.

i K Y · Jun 11, 2014

I've been on this issue before I try to get my billings info.

moatsad · Oct 31, 2018

thanks for the help, and looking into what would require a license transfer for him ( like I would hate to lose my cars I bought for some racing games ) . he can have all the Halo stuff lol

Smwutches

Your son moving his account shouldn't affect to much of anything really. Since the family plan has been discontinued, each account would need it's own subscription if everyone wants to play online.

DLC is tied to the gamertag that purchased it as well as the console it was purchased on. The console license is what allows all profiles to access the content. Your son can play the content on any other console as long as he is signed into Live. However,
if he does a license transfer it will remove the licenses from your family console and the other profiles will not be able to access the content.

i K Y

I've been on this issue before I try to get my billings info.

moatsad

thanks for the help, and looking into what would require a license transfer for him ( like I would hate to lose my cars I bought for some racing games ) . he can have all the Halo stuff lol

HassanB

If you're apart of a family package you can have the main account or you yourself can remove yourself from the Family Account and you will lose your Gold status and it will be made into it's own account that you will need to pay for yourself. You would need
to have the Windows LIVE ID for the gamertag that you wish you remove from the family pack and login with that gamertag on your XBOX 360. If that tag is not on the XBOX 360 then you will need to recover the tag onto the XBOX 360. Instructions on how to have
the main account remove a secondary account from the family pack are located here > support.xbox.com/.../managing-family-members..

Daft Badger

Sorry but you will have to pay like everyone else to change your gamertag.

You only get a forced name change if your gamertag violates the code of conduct which yours does not.

You can set communications to friends only & also set up parental settings for your kids.

Parental safeguards for Xbox Live and your Xbox 360 console
Protecting your family

The online safety of your family is of paramount importance, and Xbox takes this seriously.

Learn how you can use parental controls to manage the kinds of games, movies and TV programmes family members can play and view on the Xbox 360 console. You can also manage the amount of time per day or per week that family members can spend using the console
and how to control whether they can access Xbox Live.

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Here are some ways that you can help make your family’s experience with Xbox Live and the Xbox 360 console more safe and secure:

Set parental controls for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live

Learn about the parental control features for the Xbox 360 console and Xbox Live.

Control access to your Xbox Live account

Manage access to your Xbox Live account by setting a passcode or by requiring input of your Microsoft account password to sign in to your profile.

Xbox Live and Zune online safety and privacy

Get more information about the online safety and privacy settings that Xbox Live and Zune offer. Also find out how to promote a child account to an adult account.

need advice on xbox live family account management on xbox 360