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Whether you've just picked up a new email address or you want to move on from that embarrassing nickname you made a few years ago, Microsoft account aliases are the way to go. Allowing users to switch out the email addresses attached their Microsoft accounts, aliases can save your precious purchases and data, eliminating the need to create an entirely new account.
To get started with Microsoft account aliases, you'll need an Xbox Live gamertag and access to a web browser. Although the following steps are likely easier on a PC or mobile device, the browsers on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 should also suffice.
Adding a Microsoft account alias
I dont think it would be possible. Im not sure exactly how microsoft has the xbox live accounts setup, but who would honestly go through the effort to figure it out and actually hack your account. This dude on Xbox live. Erik who's gamertag is (MxOxB UGK 4lif3) says he gonna hack my acct sending bots and leeches to shut my xboxlive down so I will never be able to go on xbox live again.I don't know how true this is.he is only 15 yrs old.But he says he runs xboxlive cared.lol. What do I do? I wanna punish this kid. Aug 06, 2018 Someone hijacked my account gamertag: Schrammwow and has been using my account every day. He changed the email from my email to his email. I tried resetting the email and password and he hacked it again and changed the email to his email Mod Removed- Personal Information so I no longer reset the password or email to regain control of my account.
Thinkpad drivers update. By adding an alias to your Microsoft account, you gain an email address which can be used during the sign in process. After being added, these aliases can be configured to your preferences, with the ability to set a primary alias and remove any unused ones. Here's how to add a new or existing email to your Microsoft account.
- Login into your Microsoft account via account.microsoft.com{.nofollow}.
- Click Your Info at the top of the page once signed in.
- Select Manage how you sign in to Microsoft from the options that appear.
- Click Add Email underneath your current email address.
- From the options appear, choose whether you'd like to use a new or existing email address for your account. Select the applicable option from the list and follow the on-screen instructions to finish attaching the alias to your account.
Note: If you're adding an existing email address, it can't already be associated with another Microsoft account.
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Configuring a Microsoft account alias
When visiting the 'Manage how you sign in to Microsoft' page, a list of email addresses attached to your account should appear. Once you've attached a new alias, you'll need to set this as your 'Primary alias' as the account's main associated email address. If you have an old email address that you're looking to unlink from the account, the alias can also be removed using the steps below.
- To set a newly attached address as your primary alias, click Make Primary below the main email address you're looking to use. This will set the selected address as your main address for your Microsoft Account and displayed across Microsoft services.
- To remove an old email address account from your Microsoft account, click Remove next to the email you want to detach. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete this process.
And like that, you can start fresh with new credentials for your Microsoft account. Need more Xbox One guides like this one? Make sure to check out our Xbox help, tips and tricks page. My little pony welcome to ponyville game online.
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I am cross-posting this from the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 thread, because I want to get some opinions on maybe what I should do now.
Here's the story:
I am cross-posting this from the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 thread, because I want to get some opinions on maybe what I should do now.
Here's the story:
I'm not one to usually abuse one move or specific combo repeatedly in what we used to call 'being cheap' back in the day, but I will admit to doing it once while using MODOK. I was playing in a player match, and at one part of the fight, I kept spamming his psionic beam special with Medium attack, and even though it's a relatively slow start-up, my opponent just couldn't get out of it. I don't know if he was stupid and didn't try to block it or what, but he kept getting hit by it as he was standing up like at least 10 times in a row before I stopped doing it because I felt bad.
He also had his mic in, so I heard him yelling over my speakers since I didn't have mine on. He was cursing in frustration and after the match, I got a nice little voice message telling me I was a *@!$&@!#* *@#!&@! **$!&%!@% !@#!%!^ and that he would hack my account and rape me. Or something very similar - I didn't listen carefully to all the cursing and threats.
He also had his mic in, so I heard him yelling over my speakers since I didn't have mine on. He was cursing in frustration and after the match, I got a nice little voice message telling me I was a *@!$&@!#* *@#!&@! **$!&%!@% !@#!%!^ and that he would hack my account and rape me. Or something very similar - I didn't listen carefully to all the cursing and threats.
So I can't say for sure at this point, but I'm thinking I should have taken the threat a bit more seriously, although I don't know what I really could have done at the time.
After getting that rage message from the guy, the past 2 days I got a few random phone calls from various institutions like ITT Technical College and University of Phoenix, apparently calling me because I requested information from their websites. ITT told me they got my request through the internet, and UoP actually told me my correct email address and said that is what showed on their record for the request.
I go and check my email and indeed I do have random messages for a few different websites saying I signed up for email lists and whatnot. A few online education information sites, and military.com, some with my real name and some with this random name that is not me. I go and unsubscribe from them all, and realized that this may be due to that idiot guy who threatened to hack my account.
My guess is somehow he discovered what email address I use for my Windows Live ID for my gamertag. How he did this, I don't know. I'm pretty sure I don't relate my email address to my gamertag in any public way anywhere on the net, and the only way the two are related at all is through the Windows Live ID.
But anyhow, I'm sort of paranoid now as to how much of my information this guy found on me and to what extent he'll take this. So far it's just been the random phone calls and emails, so at least he didn't hack my gamertag in the traditional sense as in finding out how to log in as me and do stuff. But, I'm just worried that this isn't the end of it.
According to the customer support rep when I called Xbox, the only things I can do are to change my Windows Live ID, change my gamertag, file a complaint through the console feedback system, and block him.
I changed my Windows Live ID but I don't know how much that will help since it seems like actual profile information is tied to the gamertag, not the WLID. I think I'll change my gamertag just in case, but I'm kind of pissed that I have to pay the 800 points just to feel slightly safer against further attacks. Although the guy that maybe hacked me already knows my info, so I don't know how much that will help either.
One weird thing about this is that some of the random emails had a strange name, totally not me, while maybe one or two had my real name, even though they were all done around the same time frame. So while there may or may not be more than one cause to this whole strange scenario, I'm inclined to believe it was all due to this hacker guy. It's just too random to not be related.
I've never been victim to such an attack before, and it really sort of shattered my sense of security online. I'm not stupid and generally practice safe habits online, but somehow this guy was able to do all this just based on knowing my gamertag. And maybe having this one username spread across various outlets isn't such a great idea as I thought it would be.
So moral of the story: be careful how you play online. Even though it's just a player match, some people take it way too seriously and aren't well-adjusted enough to handle a loss, even if it's a frustrating one.
After getting that rage message from the guy, the past 2 days I got a few random phone calls from various institutions like ITT Technical College and University of Phoenix, apparently calling me because I requested information from their websites. ITT told me they got my request through the internet, and UoP actually told me my correct email address and said that is what showed on their record for the request.
I go and check my email and indeed I do have random messages for a few different websites saying I signed up for email lists and whatnot. A few online education information sites, and military.com, some with my real name and some with this random name that is not me. I go and unsubscribe from them all, and realized that this may be due to that idiot guy who threatened to hack my account.
My guess is somehow he discovered what email address I use for my Windows Live ID for my gamertag. How he did this, I don't know. I'm pretty sure I don't relate my email address to my gamertag in any public way anywhere on the net, and the only way the two are related at all is through the Windows Live ID.
But anyhow, I'm sort of paranoid now as to how much of my information this guy found on me and to what extent he'll take this. So far it's just been the random phone calls and emails, so at least he didn't hack my gamertag in the traditional sense as in finding out how to log in as me and do stuff. But, I'm just worried that this isn't the end of it.
According to the customer support rep when I called Xbox, the only things I can do are to change my Windows Live ID, change my gamertag, file a complaint through the console feedback system, and block him.
I changed my Windows Live ID but I don't know how much that will help since it seems like actual profile information is tied to the gamertag, not the WLID. I think I'll change my gamertag just in case, but I'm kind of pissed that I have to pay the 800 points just to feel slightly safer against further attacks. Although the guy that maybe hacked me already knows my info, so I don't know how much that will help either.
One weird thing about this is that some of the random emails had a strange name, totally not me, while maybe one or two had my real name, even though they were all done around the same time frame. So while there may or may not be more than one cause to this whole strange scenario, I'm inclined to believe it was all due to this hacker guy. It's just too random to not be related.
I've never been victim to such an attack before, and it really sort of shattered my sense of security online. I'm not stupid and generally practice safe habits online, but somehow this guy was able to do all this just based on knowing my gamertag. And maybe having this one username spread across various outlets isn't such a great idea as I thought it would be.
So moral of the story: be careful how you play online. Even though it's just a player match, some people take it way too seriously and aren't well-adjusted enough to handle a loss, even if it's a frustrating one.
So, did I get hacked? Or, I guess I should specify that my gamertag itself didn't get hacked, as I can still log in and there isn't any unusual activity or anything, but my personal information seems to have been compromised.
Here's what I've done/plan to do:
- I changed my Windows Live ID associated with the gamertag, but until I change some of the personal information on my account I don't know how much that will help.
- I think I will change my gamertag.
- I am going to remove my credit card info from my gamertag once I get one of those cheap pre-paid Visa cards or something.
- I've already blocked communication from the user and filed a complaint about tampering/hacking/voice messaging, as much good as that will do.
Since I am assuming the hacker already has some of my information in order to have done this stuff, does anyone have any advice on further actions I should take? Do you think the above is enough? It's just what was recommended by the support rep, but it seems kind of limited to me. Except I can't think of any other steps I can take.
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Most of it seems like it's going to help against future attacks, but I'm more worried about the present and hoping this doesn't escalate. Right now it's just emails and a few phone calls. I'm hoping to avoid anything more serious than that.Hack Xbox Live Accounts Gamertag Generator
TL;DRI think I sort of got hacked in that somehow a guy finds out my email address, and potentially other information, that is associated with my Xbox Live gamertag, and proceeds to sign me up for some random websites leading me to get phone calls and emails from places like ITT and University of Phoenix. What steps would you take now to fix this situation?