before I signed up for this I wanted to know if it imports your Live friends list into MSN messenger ?

so I can see who is on live and my other contacts all at the same time. I know it will pop up to say that a friend has come on live but will it have the full online/offline list in messenger.

Craig ?

 

Well I've just signed up and it seems to be just like our McAfee alerts. i.e. when someone signs on a box pops up with a message. My friends list has not changed.

 

Works pretty well, it's just told me that ********69 has just started playing Project Gotham Racing. Another reason to stop working and play more games!

 

whoh where do i get this from ?

 

Go to http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/live/features/alerts.htm to link your Gamertag to your MSN Passport. (you can then use this site to see who is online in your friends list without switching on your xbox)

Instructions to get Real Time feed like XboxFriends on MSN messenger.

On the main MSN Messenger window go to: Tools > Privacy > Untick "This is a shared computer so don't display my tabs".

Then:

1. Go to www.passport.net
2. Sign-In with your passport account if you need to.
3. Go to the "View or edit your profile" link on the right.
4. Change your Country/Region to "United States"
5. Change state to "Texas"
6. Add Zip Code as "77002".
7. Tick "Share my other registration information" at the bottom of the page.
7. Press the "Update" button.
8. If you have Messenger already open then completely shut it down and re-login.

Note: It MUST be MSN Messenger 6.2 or 6.1. It will NOT work on Windows Messenger.

 

Cool

 

so what does that last bit do differn't to the one I singed up for on Xbox.com

 

I don't have a clue, didn't do that myself.

 

note: If you do what gregh suggests and you use the XBOX Live Alerts system you'll have to go back in and reselect what you wanted alerts on as it scrubs them all of when you change your passport settings.

 

I've done both now but won't get to have a look until tomorrow night.

I really wanted this to be my friends list on MSN so you could see who was online/offline all the time. Not just when they log on

 

do you mean like this???


if so that's what I did and gregh has given the info for those who don't know how to do it.

 

that's what I wanted ..... nice

cheers for the pic pinkeye69

 

On enote, for it to take effect after you're changed your passport settings you'll need to shut down messenger and restart it and re-log in for the new tab(s) to show.

It also moves all those logged in to the top of the list so you don't have to scroll down to see if someone is logged in.
Not sure if it shows people that are on live but set to not appear online in a game

 

it's tomorrow before I get home to have a look at it , but I've signed up on xbox.com and completed the bit gregh posted so I'll just have to uncheck the box in privacy settings

Cheers