Mojoe Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 This is an in home networking issue, to include XBOX live. I want to watch netflix in the bedroom through xbox live. I have everything in the living room already set up and working fine. I have a second 360, and all the wiring is done and hooked up to the net and a tv in the bedroom. The issue: Apparently you can't log into XBOX live from different consoles without recovering your gamer tag each time. Huge pain in the ass and takes away from what I wanted over all. I'm not trying to run both systems at the same time. I don't want to set up another account and that is all it prompts me to do. I recovered the tag last night and got the netflixs code to authorize the unit and it worked fine once I downloaded the required updates. Then I had to recover my tag to play in the living room today. I just like to watch a movie when I go to bed. Is there a way to do this that I'm over looking? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Grab a USB drive, transfer your gamer profile onto it, plug it into the console you want to use. The console will boot and pull your profile from the USB drive, not the HDD on the console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Seems too simple. Now to see if I can make this happen. OK, where do I get the option to save my profile? Not seeing it when I view profile, or anywhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 You have to menu button and scroll to the far right tab into settings. Go to storage options, then find your profile on your HDD. Select it and move it to your USB. Also, the first time you put the USB in, you'll have to format it so the console can read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRTurbo04 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 You can go buy a cheep blue ray player for less then a 100 bucks an watch your net flix threw that way. Almost all of them will support netflix. Good thing about net flix accounds is you can use it on multiple systems. This would be the easier way to do it (just is gonna cost u some money but hey now ull have a blue ray player) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Ok, saved to thumb drive, and moved to other XBOX, and still nothing. Even moved the profile to the HD just to try it, and nothing. It did save to the thumb drive, but then takes it from the living room XBOX because it only gives the option to MOVE the profile to a storage device, or delete it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 You can go buy a cheep blue ray player for less then a 100 bucks an watch your net flix threw that way. Almost all of them will support netflix. Good thing about net flix accounds is you can use it on multiple systems. This would be the easier way to do it (just is gonna cost u some money but hey now ull have a blue ray player) This defeats the ability to play xbox, watch netflix, or play lastFM all from the same device that should allow me to do it. I do not want to clutter the area with another device, I'm pretty sure there is a way to do this. I just don't know the exacts. I do Know it's pissing me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Boot the console, login to Live, select USB drive as the save device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Be warned that when my son uses his thumbdrive to save his profile, the xbox sounds like its running rough during use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Anthony, I'll try that when I get home. Thanks for the tech insite/help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 I've run my profile off a USB drive before with no issue. The "move" option is what you want Joe. MS doesnt seem to want your profile to exist in more than 1 place at once. So, "Move" your profile to the USB drive, when you power on your Xbox scroll to the "Sign In" tab and sign in as normal. No need to move your profile back and forth from the USB drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 But when you MOVE, it takes it off the consol. Then when I want use that consol again, I have to MOVE it back, because it's not there. It won't just save. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 You don't move it back and forth, just leave it on the USB drive and load it from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 I understand not moving it back and forth is how it should work. I'm saying I had to, to get the profile back on the other XBOX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 It takes less than a minute to recover a gamertag to an xbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 You'll probably have to recover it each time you get on a different one, or do what DarkFormula says and put them on a USB drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fubar231 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 http://support.xbox.com/en-us/pages/xbox-live/how-to/xbox-live-account-management/gamer-profile.aspx Maybe thatll help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 http://support.xbox.com/en-us/pages/xbox-live/how-to/xbox-live-account-management/gamer-profile.aspx Maybe thatll help As close as that is, that didn't work for me. There is a transfer profile option I did, along with what Anthony said. Once I got it to boot on the one in the bedroom off the flash, then I just powered it off and recovered the gamer tag in the living room. That was a one time thing. Now they both boot my profile and access Netflix fine. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Why don't you just remove and install the xbox hard drive between both devices? No USB stick needed. Or just move the whole console if you already have identical hookups in both rooms? Make sure the power supply puts out the same voltage. Some of the Xboxes have different power supplies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Why don't you just remove and install the xbox hard drive between both devices? No USB stick needed. Or just move the whole console if you already have identical hookups in both rooms? Make sure the power supply puts out the same voltage. Some of the Xboxes have different power supplies. Couple reasons: One, I don't want to do that. It's there for convince and if I'm messing with things every time I want to use it, that's not convenient. It can work without having two and I needed to get it figured out how to do it. Two, the 360 in the living room is a slim and the one in the bed room is an older HDMI one that I picked up for $50. Therefore, the hard drives are not a quick swap out. I have done this with my old set up of two older 360's. I do appreciate all this input here. Please understand, I don't get much down time. So when I do, I wanted this luxury. If it didn't work this way, it would not have been worth it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 This means next time I send you an invite, it means kill people with us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 I sent you 2 today and you didn't reply. I'm about to play Kinect with my niece, in Vermont, but I'll be on COD after that. So yes, I'll accept. Though I tent to be body count for the other team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Well I suggest the USB or an xbox360 memory card. I haven't tried USB to boot my profile but I do use it to watch movies. I do have an old 360 memory card and it does have my profile on it. Steps are almost like the link Fubar231 played. I can load my profile to any 360 even without a hard drive with the memory card Edit: Buy this I dare you http://www.bonanza.com/booths/dealstartshere/items/_64MB__Xbox_360_Memory_Card__Memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted February 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Got it to work a few posts back from a USB flash. I'll just leave it in there. Why buy a 64MB XBOX card for almost $20 with shipping, when you can get a 8 GIG USB flash for the same price? It works the way I wanted. I'm good now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Sorry I skimmed the thread. Good job getting it to work with USB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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