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> picked up my 360 about a week ago. quick question about signing in...under
> the gamer profile page, you click on 'edit gamer profile' and then
> 'privacy
> settings', you can then choose how much of your gamer profile, including
> specific content like 'achievments' can be seen by the xbox live
> community,
> along with being able to fully 'block' anyone from seeing you on live.
> this
> is where it gets confusing to me, if you set that on block, then back out
> and do whatever else you want to do on the 360, i have to assume that
> you're
> signed in but your signed in invisibly....now, when you press the xbox
> guide
> button in the middle of the controller, your status screen comes up and
> you
> can go down to 'personal settings'...after pressing this, then clicking
> 'online status'...it tells you that you're online..... not any on the
> other
> four...be right back, busy or offline (which is the one it should indicate
> seeing how you already chose 'block' on your gamer profile page.
>
> just a little confused about how exactly i'm seen online...this isn't
> what
> i would call user friendly, if everytime you want to jump on to simply
> check
> downloads, you have to quickly press the guide button to show that you're
> offline, or you can get around that entirely buy choosing the 'block'
> option
> on the gamer profile page, in which case when you want invites or want
> your
> friends to know you're on, you have to completely back out of whatever
> screen your in, ending the progress you've made if playing a game, go to
> the
> profile page and take off the 'block' option, having everything start all
> over again.
>
> definite pain.
>
> isn't there a simple way to sign on without being seen and not have to go
> through the trouble of navigating through a bunch of screens, resetting
> options in the process, to show you're signed in and want to play....
>
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