Password Length Cap on Xbox360 Causing Error

I am currently having a problem signing into my Xbox360 (not experiencing this problem on my Windows system or Xbox One, so it seems exclusive to the Xbox360 console).

When attempting to sign in to my Xbox360, I am only able to enter the first 16 characters of my Microsoft password. This results in an Incorrect Password error message. Have other users encountered this problem recently, and are there any options for logging
in without reducing my password length/complexity on a permanent basis?

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problems with password on xbox 360

Hi,

I got this answer from an older
post regarding the password length issue:

Hi, as you found out the 360 won't accept passwords longer than 16 characters, you could enable two step verification in which case you'd just need the app password rather than your full password, or the only other option is to
shorten your password.

https://support.microsoft.com/help/12409/microsoft-account-app-passwords-two-step-verification

 

Live password length limits on Xbox360

Hi.

I had to change the password for my windows live account. I could not then logon on Xbox 360 of course. I had to logon there with the new password, but I cannot use the same password on Xbox 360. It seems to me that when I write the password it stops accepting
new characters at some position. Does XBOX 360 really have limitations for password length? I could change the password again and use shorter password, but it seems to me little awkward with all that "focus" on security.

Can you help? Do I need to change password again?

Thank you

Jan

 

It is known that the xbox 360 has a 16 character limit. You will have to shorten the password length in order to get it to work properly on the Xbox 360.

 

Hi, as you found out the 360 won't accept passwords longer than 16 characters, you could enable two step verification in which case you'd just need the app password rather than your full password, or the only other option is to shorten your password.

https://support.microsoft.com/help/12409/microsoft-account-app-passwords-two-step-verification

 

Thanks! Two-step verification seems the best answer here. A shortened password is fine for protecting the level of information on most users' Xbox360s. But as I'm sure many users realize, a more complex password should probably stand between an adversary
and one's Windows login.