We couldn't sign you in to xbox live (The background task activation is spurious)

Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.
I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

Hope you're doing great today despite this Dckrell

Is this happening on Windows 10 or 11?
Please tell me which troubleshooting steps you have done so far to fix this, in that way I can advise you different things or how to proceed

In the meantime try this :

Press Windows button and type Services

On Services App from the list of results, press right-click and run it as administrator

Scroll to the bottom and find the following services:

IP Helper
Xbox Live Auth Manager
Xbox Live Game Save
Xbox Live Networking Service
Gaming Services

And do this with each of the services listed above:

Right-click over the service and select Properties.
Find the Startup type section and make sure it’s set to Automatic (if not, change it to automatic)
If the service isn’t started, click Start to start the services

Restart your PC and give it a new try

I'll be waiting for your answers, greetings

Same here! I click 'sign in' and get a window for 'XBOX/Windows 10' "Better gaming everywhere" with the options: Next or Not Now. If I click 'Next' I'm given the option to choose an account, my Microsoft account with my home email or a Microsoft account
for Outlook, Hotmail, Live, MSN (I have none of those accounts). So I choose the first option and after it tries to process for a few minutes, I get 'We couldn't sign you in to the Xbox Live' & 'The background task activation is spurious.'

Hello, WesGamez42. Thanks for reaching out! My name is Lucas. I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user just like you. I'll be happy to assist you today.

Please try the steps with the Microsoft store, the Xbox app and the Game Bar closed:

- Go to Start > Settings > Apps > Apps & features > Microsoft Store > Advanced Options > Repair, then Reset.

- Go to Start > Settings > Apps > Apps & features > Xbox App > Advanced Options > Repair, then Reset.

- Go to Start > Settings > Apps > Apps & features > Game Bar > Advanced Options > Repair, then Reset.

- Press Windows + R. Type TEMP and press enter. Delete all the files inside this folder. Repeat this step by typing %TEMP% and Prefetch. Delete everything on both folders too.

- Press Windows + R. Type WSRESET and press enter.

- Click on Start > Search for Credential manager > Windows credentials. Search for Xbl|DeviceKey, click on it and then Remove. Also, remove all the XblGrts and XboxLive credentials.

- Delete Accounts and Cache folders at:

%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\TokenBroker

- Restart your computer. Check your computer region/country and language and please make sure it is the same as your Microsoft account (https://account.microsoft.com/profile). Also check if your computer time zone and date/time is correct.

- Sign in on the Microsoft store with your Microsoft account. Open the Xbox App and sign in with the same account as the Microsoft store. Open the Game Bar and see if you are able to sign in.

Feel free to ask back any questions and please let me know how it goes.

Hi there! Sorry to hear about what happened. Let's do our best here to sort this out.

May I know your Windows version, is it Windows 10 or Windows 11?

Be sure to install the latest updates of your Windows and get all available updates from the Microsoft Store.
Check for Windows updates - https://support.microsoft.com/windows/update-wi...
Get updates from Microsoft Store - https://support.microsoft.com/account-billing/g...

If everything is updated, please try to repair & reset your Microsoft Store and Xbox app:
Repair/Reset apps - https://support.microsoft.com/windows/repair-ap...

You could as well uninstall the Xbox app and restart your PC before installing it back.

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