Xbox Live access across profiles

GrooveR1978 · Oct 1, 2014

Hi

I have a Xbox 360 and Xbox One. I use the Xone on my profile and have gold membership.

The 360 is upstairs and often used by my son. Now he's a teenager he's set up his own profile.

On the Xone all works fine on both profiles however on the 360 it won't let him access online gaming and states, "your gamer profile does not have the correct permissions to access this feature"

How do I rectify? I'm certainly not paying for Gold twice!

Thanks

:)

leebroath · Oct 1, 2014

Adding my partners Xbox 360 Username to the Xbox One

That's what I sort of suggested earlier but didn't get an answer

We have a 7day Xbox Live pass so I can now go on the 360 make her profile an online one then transfer it across to the Xbox One within the 7 days

Next question mate, how do I make her profile Live? Lol

EDIT it's ok managed to get account on Live

xboxfelix · Oct 1, 2014

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.

Smwutches · Oct 1, 2014

Gold sharing is only available on the One. On the 360 each account has to have it's own gold subscription in order to play online.

Smwutches

Gold sharing is only available on the One. On the 360 each account has to have it's own gold subscription in order to play online.

maxen

To confirm: you're wanting to change the email address (Microsoft Account) associated with your Xbox Live profile?

In which case, everything remains associated with the Xbox Live profile (purchases, gamerscore, game history, friends, current subscriptions and so on), it's just the underlying MSA (Microsoft Account, the email address) which gets changed.

However, the funds remain on the old MSA so do not get transferred to your new one, so this will no longer be associated with your Xbox Live profile. The funds should remain accessible on the current/old MSA, but do no transfer across along with the Xbox
Live profile.

Let us know how you get on and/or you have any further questions.

Danno McK.

[quote user="dottie2412"]Hi, My grandsons both got xbox 360 for xmas and they are in the same house, can I download the same game to both xbox or do I need to pay for the same game twice? I have a xbox live gold family and I have my profile on both consoles.[/quote]

Xbox licensing works two ways: if your profile buys a game or DLC (DownLoadable Content, like a map pack add-on for a game), you can access that content on any Xbox 360 console that is connected to Xbox Live, and on the first console you download it
on any profile can access it. The latter is usually called the "console license" or "offline license", because the console and profile do not have to be connected to Xbox Live to access the game.

Your situation is a little more complicated because there are at least three profiles involved: yours, and one for each of your grandsons (I'm assuming). If your profile buys a game and downloads it on Console A, any profile can play the game on that console,
whether there's an Xbox Live connection or not. On the other one, Console B, the game can only be played when your profile is signed in to Xbox Live.

Since you shouldn't be giving your grandsons access to your profile, one thing to do would be for Grandson A to buy a game first on the console mostly used by Grandson B. That way, when A goes back to "his" console, he can re-download the game and play it (as
long as there's an Xbox Live connection), and B still has access to the game via the console license.

Of course, the secondary accounts in a Family Pack can't have payment methods on their profiles, so they have to buy games with Points. They can get Points on their accounts by using codes from prepaid cards, or you can buy the Points on your profile and then
assign them to the other profiles.

It seems a little complicated at first, but it makes sense after you understand it. Sharing a single purchase across multiple profiles on two consoles can be achieved with some planning.

Robby4eva90

if you are adding a second profile to your xbox 360 and the main profile has xbox live gold then from my understanding the seccond profile will have access to the same xbox live gold features as the main profile.

KLRSKIR

When you change your gamertag, the change spreads across Xbox LIVE. You should have no issues accessing gamesaves for your games, as the account remains the same, only the gamertag is different.

Xbox Live access across profiles