question about signing up for live

alright, so im signing up for live now. if ive already registered with xbox.com, i recover my account. however, im wondering if i will lose my achievements that i have gotten before live. ive never had an account before and this will be my first time using live.

If you're signing up for live with a new account, yes you will lose your achievements. But if you are simply upgrading the account/profile you have all the achievements on, then no you won't lose themScarface_tm431

wait, huh? ive already got this account on xbox.com and ive never used it. im not making a new account when registering for live. im trying to recover account, or thats what they call it.

basically, what should i do to ensure i dont lose my achievements? how should i sign up?

thanks. i think. i mean, i have achievements on my harddrive but not on the account thats linked to xbox.com which is also linked to my email.

and why do i have to give them a credit card?

Oh okay hold on then, now I get what you're meaning. Any account that is used on XBL is linked to xbox.com, it just all depends on the login that you use. So if you're getting XBL Gold and want your achievements to show from previously played games you should sign up the account with the achievements on it for Gold. When you do this you'd have to have a different email for the account though. This makes it a hassle if you often switch from xbox.com and your email. What I do to solve that problem (I have different eamils for my email and XBL) is I use firefox mainly, and the only use I have for Internet Explorer now is checking my email. It makes it a lot easier insteadof having to constantly change Live accounts.

Sorry I kinda suck at explaining things lol...and you don't need to give them a credit card anymore (thankfully) but some people who signed up on the previous Xbox had to and still have their credit card info on the account. Also sometime it seems easier then going out an buying a pre-paid card thing but it's not in the long run.

thanks. i think. i mean, i have achievements on my harddrive but not on the account thats linked to xbox.com which is also linked to my email.

and why do i have to give them a credit card?

mattg90520

the one that you have registerd on xbox.com has no achievements as you have yet to use it

The one are ur console will keep its achievements but wont be Live enabled until you upgrade it

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thanks. i think. i mean, i have achievements on my harddrive but not on the account thats linked to xbox.com which is also linked to my email.

and why do i have to give them a credit card?

ukillwegrill

the one that you have registerd on xbox.com has no achievements as you have yet to use it

The one are ur console will keep its achievements but wont be Live enabled until you upgrade it

thanks. i thought i points from all my games. i wouldve been really upset. does anyone know how to upgrade it

yeah, thats what im trying to avoid.

does anyone know how to redeem the one month free gold membership you get when you buy a 360? i should still have mine, seeing as i didnt use live until now. is there a code somewhere?

yeah, thats what im trying to avoid.

does anyone know how to redeem the one month free gold membership you get when you buy a 360? i should still have mine, seeing as i didnt use live until now. is there a code somewhere?

mattg90520

To upgrade simply have ur Xbox ready to connect with xbox live with ur main profile signed in then click sign up for xbox live at the end when it asks to choose ur membership pick SILVER after you do this it should notify you that u have 1 month free xbox live (you can do this 3 times)

So I dont have live either yet but will soon. I can upgrade my gamer profile that I am using now on my 360 with all my achievements to live enabled and I would keep my achivements andstuff?weatherboxx

If u upgrade it all u will lose is your name/gamertag if its not unique

no offense matt but a re u like 6 or something u seem pretty stupid to me?

to ukill, thanks. i did that and got the free offer. would never have gussed at that

PS: great name

to weatherboxx, yeah, that should work for you. just dont sign up on xbox.com for a profile cause thats what caused me a lot of trouble