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Subject: Help! – I Can't Get On To Live!

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I'm having a major problem with Halo 2 Live. Here's what happened, step by step:

1. Got Xbox Live
2. Popped in Halo 2
3. Got the "update required" message
4. Clicked "Yes, update now"
5. Original Xbox Dashboard opens and shows progress bar
6. Halo 2 restarts
7. Clicked my campaign profile and gamertag
8. "Can't connect to Xbox Live" message appears

Help me, please. I miss Halo 2.

  • 11.30.2008 8:06 AM PDT

First thing I would try is cleaning your disk. Next I would see if you can clear your cache like the 360 try googling it. Sorry I can't help you more hopefully someone else can shed some light.

  • 11.30.2008 1:04 PM PDT

We sure get a lot of these.

First, can you connect with other games and with the same GT?
Is your gold account ok with that GT?





  • 11.30.2008 3:47 PM PDT

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Live has been down and up for a while since the NXE, so that could be a part of it.

Also make sure your family setting are set to allow original Xbox games to be played on your 360.

  • 11.30.2008 5:53 PM PDT

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Posted by: Grumpy1
We sure get a lot of these.

First, can you connect with other games and with the same GT?
Is your gold account ok with that GT?




Posted by: snoozy9420
Live has been down and up for a while since the NXE, so that could be a part of it.

Also make sure your family setting are set to allow original Xbox games to be played on your 360.


Yes, I play other games.
Yes, my subscription is active.

I have been online since September.
My 360 has original Xbox games turned on.

  • 11.30.2008 6:07 PM PDT

If you scroll down to Born2beSlicker's thread, you'll know why I asked about your subscription.
So, your games are set to Allowed
You can get online, no problem
The only game you cannot sign-into is H2

As long as there is no connection problem (like a router's firewall) blocking you (very unlikely) then it sounds to me like the problem is on the MS end. You may have to be a thorn to them, but no problems are showing up on your end so you need to pick a fight. Best of luck to you.

Also, there's a possibility that you will not get 'fixed' until the next server reset. They can't (at least I don't think so) reset the server responsible at every phone call. I'm guessing every month or so?

[Edited on 11.30.2008 9:09 PM PST]

  • 11.30.2008 9:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: Grumpy1
If you scroll down to Born2beSlicker's thread, you'll know why I asked about your subscription.
So, your games are set to Allowed
You can get online, no problem
The only game you cannot sign-into is H2

As long as there is no connection problem (like a router's firewall) blocking you (very unlikely) then it sounds to me like the problem is on the MS end. You may have to be a thorn to them, but no problems are showing up on your end so you need to pick a fight. Best of luck to you.

Also, there's a possibility that you will not get 'fixed' until the next server reset. They can't (at least I don't think so) reset the server responsible at every phone call. I'm guessing every month or so?


I think there have been two server resets since I got live.

  • 12.01.2008 5:38 AM PDT