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January 19th, 2011, 17:36 GMT · By

January 2011 Xbox LIVE Dashboard Update Released

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Microsoft has started rolling out a couple of refreshes impacting both Xbox LIVE and Xbox.com. The plan from the Redmond company is to wrap up the updates’ delivery as soon as possible, but certainly no later than this week.

The first to be introduced is the Xbox LIVE Dashboard update. The software giant will push this update to all Xbox owners, as soon as they sign into their Xbox LIVE accounts.

The company isn’t really giving gamers an option whether to deploy this refresh or not.

“On Wednesday, January 19th we will issue a mandatory dashboard update that (re) enables the ‘Boot to Disc’ option in the Xbox 360 dashboard.

“After you accept the update, you’ll be able to set the option to boot to the Xbox 360 dashboard OR directly to the game you have in the tray when you power up your console. This option can be found in the System Settings,” revealed Larry Hryb, the Xbox Live Director of Programming.

In addition to re-enabling functionality for Xbox, the update is also designed to cause issues for users which altered the console’s firmware in order to circumvent the company’s anti-piracy measures for games.

However, the Xbox LIVE Dashboard Update is only one of the refreshes that Microsoft has planned for this week,

Tomorrow, the Redmond company will start rolling out another update, this time around designed to kick Xbox.com up a notch, impacting Gamercards. Both refreshes are considered minor by Microsoft.

“On Thursday January 20th the Xbox.com team will ship an update that contains a small update to the Gamercards.

“We’ve updated the Gamercard look and feel a bit and removed gamerzone from the card. Other than that, the same amount of information is on the card,” Hryb explained.

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Comment #1 by: sco0bydew21 on 19 Jan 2011, 17:50 UTC reply to this comment

I could already do that


Comment #2 by: CHRONIC MK1 on 19 Jan 2011, 21:16 UTC reply to this comment

The update has turned my xbox into glitch box!!!!!!!! This is not what I'm after!!!! Fix this now I don't pay £40 per year to not play on live!!!

Comment #2.1 by: legion on 25 Jan 2011, 11:05 GMT

same thing happened to me and i dont have a modded xbox or bootlegged games i buy everything from best buy or gamestop. now my xbox has 3 red rings on it not even 5 minutes after update so its no coincidence. i hope someone sues there asses for everything they got because i know they are not going to admit it or fix this. and i use to be one of those people who said nothing happenned to me when it updated, so for all those people saying that wait till it does happen to you. im glad mass effect 3 is going on ps3 because im buying me one. it has more features and better graphics and doesnt cost to play online.


Comment #3 by: dj on 19 Jan 2011, 21:25 UTC reply to this comment

yeah, cant sign in, and when do, update starts then stops and have to keep trying to sign in again and cant more often than not, and update starting kicks back out when do get in


Comment #4 by: masheena on 19 Jan 2011, 23:47 UTC reply to this comment

black ops will not load online play after downloading this update

Comment #4.1 by: bigfoefoe44 on 30 Jan 2011, 20:17 GMT

Same here bro my red dead redemption wont go to live. after i try and go to live it boots me out straight to the dashboard.. any body have any answers?


Comment #5 by: GeEkNeRd on 20 Jan 2011, 02:30 UTC reply to this comment

How big is this bogus update. It took ages to download... something no-one wants.


Comment #6 by: kiki on 20 Jan 2011, 03:48 UTC reply to this comment

i cant connect to xbox live since this update happened!


Comment #7 by: shoe on 20 Jan 2011, 04:14 UTC reply to this comment

Seems like a lot of wasted memory space to me, since I only have the 20 gig harddrive .


Comment #8 by: CrixTechNoir on 20 Jan 2011, 09:42 UTC reply to this comment

Was a big update for such small changes.. Gamerzone was pretty useless (apart from as a general statement of intent - they never factored it into player matching), so not sad to see that go.


Comment #9 by: camaro on 20 Jan 2011, 15:10 UTC reply to this comment

The update also made it where you cant play modded copies of call of duty and halo

Comment #9.1 by: Cracker Jack on 20 Jan 2011, 21:09 GMT

Also Red Dead Redemption is messed up as a back up copy. I think the purpose of this update was to get even with gamers who have flashed their XB to played copied games

Comment #9.2 by: jeff.cute on 27 May 2011, 16:03 GMT

if i flash my disk drive again can i still play burned cd. pls help


Comment #10 by: Gfnord on 20 Jan 2011, 20:18 UTC reply to this comment

This is a new ban wave?


Comment #11 by: Batsu on 20 Jan 2011, 20:18 UTC reply to this comment

Haha to all people who use modded consoles...

Comment #11.1 by: CanadainBacon on 21 Jan 2011, 16:02 GMT

Why would you even use your modded console online? If you are smart enough to know how to flash the firmware, you should be smart enough to know how M$ works.


Comment #12 by: Tmaswupass on 20 Jan 2011, 21:00 UTC reply to this comment

Doing update now will see if anything goes wrong.


Comment #13 by: dan on 21 Jan 2011, 16:32 UTC reply to this comment

after the update my xbox runs fine

Comment #13.1 by: JD on 23 Jan 2011, 07:58 GMT

dude i have this huge problem... This stupid status code is the main reason i cant log into xbox live: 3141-0000-0080-0030-8007-2741. SOME ONE PLZ HELP ME!!!


Comment #14 by: Arceus97 on 21 Jan 2011, 20:39 UTC reply to this comment

This update was absolutely insane. Not only did it change my gamerzone to "cheater", but it also erased my gamerscore. Ive heard that this is because the profile is modded, but mine isnt. Ive had my 360 for over 3 years, and half of that time I didnt have LIVE. Sure, gamerscore is useless, but I worked my * off getting over 36000 gamerscore and I demand it back NOW!


Comment #15 by: xboxmodderslosers on 22 Jan 2011, 16:33 UTC reply to this comment

* for modders. Good for non-modders


Comment #16 by: njy on 25 Jan 2011, 11:15 UTC reply to this comment

my xbox crashed due to this update


Comment #17 by: besch on 28 Jan 2011, 14:20 UTC reply to this comment

every time i try to update it it restarts then i have to do the update and again and again so i haven't been able to play for a couple of days


Comment #18 by: Lee on 29 Jan 2011, 11:08 UTC reply to this comment

It's Not Good, everytime i go into XBOX LIVE it says error and half of my dashboard goes.... very dissopointed :(


Comment #19 by: Jan2011LiveUpdateHater on 29 Jan 2011, 20:30 UTC reply to this comment

http://forums.xbox.com/35622927/ShowPost.aspx thats the problem i got after the update......


Comment #20 by: UnsightedLEADER on 03 Feb 2011, 17:59 UTC reply to this comment

This is what happens when Microsoft tries to do something about a virus or a modder... they couldnt even figure out that I WASNT modding on my COD games, I just have an itchy trigger finger... by the way, EVERYONE who ever got reported for modding, even if its just one and even if its just wildfire controllers, will be banned... I was reported 43 times for "Modding" and I Invite the head of microsoft HIMSELF to come to my house and press and hold my trigger with an SVT-40 or an M14...


Comment #21 by: BiLLY on 28 May 2011, 12:53 UTC reply to this comment

For some reason i cant go on xbox live because i havnt got the update because it wont let me have the update! But it can on my other 360!!! WTF HELP


Comment #22 by: MikeP on 19 Jul 2011, 19:55 UTC reply to this comment

Yeah it also makes it where you can't play you songs from an external hard drive anymore. If they do not fix this within a few days, I am seeking a lawsuit against. Xbox. I am tired of them messing with stuff I have paid well into the thousands of dollars to play.


Comment #23 by: Sony here I come! on 30 Aug 2011, 07:36 UTC reply to this comment

both updates from msoft are crap and screwed up my gamertags achievements and gamerscore. And their customer support team is crap and no help at all. Their answers to your questions make you wonder if they even read the question to begin with. I use to be the most loyal Xbox live fan evenwith all the crap consoles they have released and band aid fixed back to the consumers, but no more. I have never broken any of there MLID rules and yet since I have not been able to afford the internet for the last and in so doing not had xbox live neither, I can no longer
log on with the profile that I moved from my Pro console to a new slim. This is the last xbox product I will ever buy from Microsoft. They should yet Sony build the hardware side and they cover the software and Live gaming side and everyone would be the better for it.


Comment #24 by: vailedcrown uk on 12 Nov 2011, 13:48 UTC reply to this comment

I have to agree with the comments refering to this last update. It will not download but reverts to severed connection with xbox live. Then i cannot reconnect! What is going on!

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