NXE Updating Question

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My friend recently purchased an Xbox that does not have the NXE update. She does not want to sign up for live at the moment, but I was wondering, is she able to obtain the NXE update by simply connecting her Xbox to the internet?

Again, she does not want to sign up for a Live account at the moment.

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She can. All Live members get the NXE automatically.

So, if she makes an account that is made for Xbox Live too as soon as she connects she will update.

Also understand this, when you make an account for xbox live, its a Silver membership.

What your talking about is Xbox Live Gold which you have to pay for. For Silver you dont have to pay for, its automatically created when she creates an account for xbox live.

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As far as I understand Microsoft's "profiles" her console will not "connect to Live" unless it has a Live profile (Silver or Gold). I would attempt to recover a profile with bogus information (force it to connect to Live) or attempt to do other things that would trigger a Live connection. Network connection test?

Worst case scenario: download the update from "another source" and install it via thumbdrive or CD/DVD. You can be 100% certain that the code is from Microsoft and will not damage the box, no matter the source. The XBOX360 only runs signed code. Only thing to look out for: make sure it's final, not preview program.

Signing up for a silver account seems the easiest and most logical. Create a hotmail account and a gamertag that she will never see again, and use it to connect to Live.

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Smigit

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Just get a silver account for free.

Also I'm not sure where but I believe you can download the updates officially from the MS site, burn them to a DVD and they will install. Pretty sure thats the case but whether they have NXE up yet or not I don't know.

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Pc_Madness

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Is there any way i can download the update from the internet? I am deployed to the middle east right now and there is no way to connect my xbox to the internet but i can get on the internet from my laptop. Thanks.

How are you connecting to the Internet? Wifi? If so, network cable from the 360 to the Laptop and then bridge the connection (if your in Windows)

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