New Xbox NXE is like herpes

[gramatton]

I got into the new NXE beta a few days ago, have been having fun playing with the new netflix features and stuff since then.

So I brought my hard drive up to work today and hooked it up to my buddy's Xbox to show him the Mirror's Edge DLC. After about an hour we swap the hard drive back to his, but when we turned the console on it wanted to update, so we let it. Upon booting to his Xbox hard drive after the update we were surprised to see that he too now had the NXE beta. Everything was there, except the netflix, that didn't update for some reason.

I find this quite weird, he has never signed up for the beta, and the update isn't until Tuesday. So I'm guessing sticking my hard drive in there transfered the update to his Xbox and it won't go away. So he got the update, just not the best part(netflix), kind of like herpes huh?

[Collinstheclown]

It clearly stated on the email when you signed up NOT to put the update drive onto a non update console...

Welcome to the Xbox LIVE Preview on Connect!

Congratulations! You’ve been accepted to the 2009 Xbox LIVE Update Preview.
Welcome, and we are glad that you are on board!



When will you receive the update?
We are working on the final touches for the update. You will receive a notification by email when the update is available.

How long is the Preview?
The Preview will continue until the public release of the update.

Disclaimer
WARNING: Do NOT remove your hard drive and place it on another console!
This will cause non registered consoles to be unable to connect to Xbox LIVE until we release the update!

Features List
A list of new features for the Preview is available here: Features FAQ.

Contact Support/CSS Info
Xbox customer support will provide assistance to Preview users. When contacting support, please indicate that you are a Preview user. Support can be reached at http://xbox.com/support.

Correct your registered console ID
If you need to update your console ID for any reason, please do so by completing the following form: Correct your Console ID

Forum access
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Forum Access Request

He will just have to wait till the 11th till he can go back online.




-CollinstheClown

[gramatton]

Wow, I never read those things. Guess I should have in this case.

Luckily he can get online, just didn't get the new netflix update.

[Oneslowz28]

Always read the beta test agreements. Some even bar you from even speaking online or to media about the beta test. I got kicked out of a beta test a few years back for talking about it on a message board.