Games for Windows

Games for Windows - Live is a free online game service, including the Windows gaming zone, that allows users to connect and play with friends and millions of Xbox Live members worldwide.

Games for Windows is an exciting online game store, offering great games and connecting with friends via Windows and Xbox 360.

Features of Games for Windows game area

• Join the gaming community with over 20 million players around the world
• Log in with a single account through Xbox Live and the Games for Windows - Live app - this is similar to tagging a gamer, a friend list, a reward, a gamer score for the platforms different platforms
• Get automatic game updates and download multiple games at once
• See your friends online, send and receive text and voice messages, and experience cross-platform connectivity with gaming invitations
• Operating system requirements: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 3
• Requires a broadband Internet connection
• Requires a Windows LIVE ID account

Games for Windows game area interface

How to create a Windows LIVE ID account

Users need to create a Windows LIVE ID account by Email to be able to play the games in the application.

Supported accounts:

• Hotmail.com
• Live.com
• MSN.com
• Zune.net
• Passport.net

If you do not have a Windows Live ID Email account, users can visit accounts.live.com to create a free Email account.

Note: Windows Live ID account is used to verify customer ID. After creating a Windows Live ID account, users can use this email address when signing up for any Microsoft online services.

Visit the following games for the Windows-LIVE website to get started: Go.Microsoft.com/?LinkId=9652400

Note: If you already have a Windows Live ID email account, such as a Hotmail.com or MSN.com, you can log in using that account, because you are already registered with a game. Play for free for Windows-LIVE accounts. Enter your Windows Live ID email address and password in the appropriate boxes below signing in to Xbox. Then click login.

If you do not have a Windows Live ID email account, enter your email address in the box below need an account? Register here. Then click Sign up.

To continue the account creation process, follow these steps:

Step 1: In the date of birth box, enter your date of birth. In the country / region box, enter the name of the country or region you reside in.

Step 2: Type the password in the password box and confirm the password.

Note: The password needs to be absolutely confidential, to prevent others from seeing this operation.

Step 3: Click on the secret questionnaire to select a question. Then enter your answer in the 'secret answer' box.

Note: To keep a user's account secure, you should provide an obscure secret answer that others cannot easily guess. In the example shown in step 4, the secret question about your two childhood best friends? and you should give a secret answer is cartoons Tom & Jerry. Although Tom and Jerry are fictional characters, this approach adds an additional layer of security in the future if you need help recovering your password.

Step 4: In the 'character verification' box, enter the characters shown. If you cannot read the characters, you can press the speaker icon to hear the character pronounced. Or, you can click the redraw icon to change other characters.

Step 5: Add the identity of a single online friend to do this, type a unique name in the Gamertag box, then click Check availability to see if the Gamertag you've selected is available. .

It is important that Gamertag be the only friend to play Games for Windows - this is an online and extant list. The app encourages all gamers to be creative when they create a Gamertag. However, keep in mind that some names, or contexts, of words in a sentence are considered bad influences on others.

Step 6: Choose a gamer image.

Note: Users can change their image at any time after creating an account.

Step 7 : Select your Gamer Area.

This step allows the Games for Windows-LIVE service to be suitable for users and players with similar game areas. This combined process gives users a lot of valuable experience when playing games. For example, a group of gamers cannot play well if combined with a competitive and highly skilled professional player.

Step 8: Provide an email contact where we can send you specific information to use the Games for Windows-LIVE service.

Important note: Players need to review and confirm the steps to create an account with accurate information. After creating an account, some information fields cannot be changed, such as the 'date of birth' field.

To finish creating the account, click I accept.

Create accounts for kids:

To create a Windows LIVE ID account for a child (small), you must provide a Windows Live Email address assigned as a parent account. If you do not already have a Windows Live Email account, you must create one before creating a sub account.

After the parent-child relationship of the account is confirmed, you can connect to play Games for Windows-LIVE using the child account.

After providing the Windows Live Email address for the parent's account, you will receive a confirmation Email notification. You must click on the link in that notification to confirm your address. This confirmation creates a link between the parent account and the child.

Provide the Windows Live Email address for the parent account, and then click I accept.

To complete the process, enter the required information on the Parent Age Verification screen, and then click Create. Some credit card verification (CCV)

Note: Users must provide a CCV credit card number in the age verification code box. You will not have to pay a registration fee. This information is used only to verify the age of the parent account holder.

You can now log in to play Games for Windows-LIVE on the web using your child account.

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