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Comment by BayesStreet | Hacker News Reader

I used a microsoft account, never had an xbox live subscription/game and it worked.

I used a @hotmail.com email address, here is what it says:

    There is a problem with your login.  Please be sure you are using a Microsoft account with an XBox Live account associated and that you have authorized access to your profile information if prompted.

Maybe "@hotmail.com" is not considered a microsoft account ? What are you using (@outlook.com) ?

My old university email that was linked to microsoft when I signed up for visual studio i think? Not sure if this will still work, was a few years ago.

https://login.live.com/login.srf?lw=1

Same here. Resolved by: 1. logging in through https://account.xbox.com/ 2. click profile picture top right corner and click profile 3. Privacy settings 4. Privacy and Online Safety > Privacy 5. Allow all "Microsoft Can" options (possibly not all needed but don't know which ones required so..)

That worked for me, thank you !

I didn't change any settings though. Maybe I just needed to login on https://account.xbox.com/

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