Xbox account and profile

BlackCamaro295 · Jan 5, 2018

When the Xbox one servers go down and is no longer supported will you always be able to log into your profile? Some guy at gamestop said when the servers go down you lose your profile don't know if he knew what he was talking about wondering what you think
or know

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xboxfelix · Jan 5, 2018

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.

thomo · Jan 5, 2018

changing email address associated with xbox

This might help

Transfer Your Gamertag to Another Microsoft Account | Change Xbox Live Account - Xbox.com

Internet Expert · Jan 5, 2018

When the Xbox Live servers experience an outage, it can sometimes affect the ability to log into your profile, especially when the "Core Services" server gets an outage.

Regardless, all of your account data is securely stored on Microsoft's servers. As far as "support" goes, Xbox Live is not going to be permanently taken offline anytime soon... not while Microsoft is still actively selling Xbox consoles.
I don't know why your GameStop guy is scaring you with that kind of information, isn't his job supposed to be about selling you video games?

Related (Xbox server status page):
https://xbox.com/status

DavidRSS2010

The rockstar account is only an account. However there are several profiles, being a profile for the PS3, PS4, Xbox, PC. The Xbox profile on the rockstar account has a new GTA V profile and the old PS3 profile is still on the rockstar account, but the
Xbox does not use this profile. I can only access this profile through PS3. I want to use this old profile because of the amount of money, cars and others that exists in the account, as well as the level of experience. With Fortnite I did not have this problem.
It was easy to link the EpicGames account to your Xbox Live account.

Internet Expert

When the Xbox Live servers experience an outage, it can sometimes affect the ability to log into your profile, especially when the "Core Services" server gets an outage.

Regardless, all of your account data is securely stored on Microsoft's servers. As far as "support" goes, Xbox Live is not going to be permanently taken offline anytime soon... not while Microsoft is still actively selling Xbox consoles.
I don't know why your GameStop guy is scaring you with that kind of information, isn't his job supposed to be about selling you video games?

Related (Xbox server status page):
https://xbox.com/status

OndoyBahista

Try to remove and add back your profile on your console, then see how it goes from there.

How to add or remove an Xbox profile on Xbox 360

https://support.xbox.com/my-account/manage-gamertag-and-profile/add-remove-profile-xbox-360

How to add or remove a Microsoft account on Xbox One

http://support.xbox.com/my-account/manage-gamertag-and-profile/add-remove-account-xbox-one

WPAK

Hi there,

I like to add that this is only possible when the profile on the Xbox 360 is a Xbox account, if the profile is an offline profile (so not attached to an email (Microsoft Account/ Xbox Account) then removing the account will result in permanently losing that profile and access to any save games attached to it.

steeledwand7664

Basically you can have a Microsoft (MS) account without having a Xbox profile attached to it. But you can not have an Xbox profile without having a MS account on the Xbox Ones. On the 360s you could have local profiles that were only attached to that console.
Assuming you had an email and password attached to this xbox profile then it was attached to a MS account.

There is two ways for a MS account to get a Xbox profile attached to it and this is done automatically

1. Signing into any Xbox console.

2. Signing into account.xbox.com

If a Xbox profile is not already attached to the MS account when you sign into either one of these places the system will automatically generate a gamertag for that account and attaches that Xbox profile to that MS account.

Xbox account and profile