Promoting Xbox Live account in an Adult account.?

[jShazBot]

For too long I've been using other accounts to download M rated demos or videos with mature content on Xbox Live.
I just turned 17 and I was hoping that now I'm at the legal age to play M rated games I would possibly have the option to download videos and M rated games now but I still can't!
I also want to opt-in to the newest Xbox Live news and Advertisements on the dashboard but I can't because technically I'm still a Child Account. Everyone tells me that I have to go the Manage Profile and select "Promote Child Account" but that option is nowhere to be found. I've even changed the Windows Live ID associated with my gamertag to one that has a much older age logged into it and I still can't get my gamertag adult privileges.
I originally made my gamertag when I was about 13 or 14 and on the original Xbox. At that time, you were required to enter in a credit card and date of birth. Because I was much younger, I used my moms Credit Card and Email and she also made me enter in my actual age.
Now, when I got my Xbox 360 on September 26th, 2007 I had to recover my account and in doing so I had to associate my gamertag with a "Parent email" (One which I quickly made in a minute just so I could get past the initial setup). Although that password for this email still works when I have to enter it in every time I want to access Xbox Live controls in the settings, the actual @live.com email address for it doesn't even work anymore when I try to log into it on the computer. In these Xbox Live and console settings it gives me the option to allow downloading M rated games and even when I set it to approve, I still can't download M rated demos on the market place or opt in to the advertisements.

Everyone I know who had a problem being stuck with a Child account all say they were able to fix this by simply entering the Promote to Adult account option an option I don't have.

This has been bothering me for a long time but now I'm very concerned because I just found out that Facebook, Twitter, and Last FM can only be used by ADULT accounts as well.

[dom]

i also am plauged by the same problem. it never made sense to me how if i am of age to buy m rated games why i cant use m rated content on xbl. ill keep doing some research email me if you find anything else

Doms1092@yahoo.com

[Jared]

I have the exact same problem. I was young when I got xbox live on the first xbox and I didn't have the foresight to lie about my age. I'm the only one of my friends that has a child account (because they started with the 360) and I'm extremely pissed about not being able to use last.fm and facebook especially. These are sites that don't require you to be 18 anyway, so what gives?

I can't start a new account because I have over 90 friends and 44,000 achievement points. Does anyone know a solution?

I've had so many problems because of this damn child account, including my account being unusable for over a month. Seriously, so close to the age. Why can't I get promoted?

[Jonathan]

I had the same problem as you, as I couldn't see the Promote Child account option either.

So here's what I did.

I logged into my email account associated with my Xbox Live account. I went to my account settings on my email and changed my date of birth to 1991 so instead of being 16, Im 18 now.

After that, I went onto the Xbox and went to the Dashboard, chose My Xbox, then clicked on my gamer profile, chose Manage Account, and promote Child Account.
But, When I tried to do that, I would get an error a second into updating it.

So then I went into System Settings, Memory, then Format memory so everything off the Console was gone.

After that I went and tried to create a New gamer Profile. After that I pressed Join XBOX Live and used the email I used before.

Before logging on to XBOX Live It updated itself, then restarted the Console. Then I went back and finished recovering my Gamer tag.

After that, the Promote Child Account option worked perfectly, Now I'm enjoying Twitter, Facebook, and Last.fm.

Good Luck!

[em]

if anyone figures out a way to cheat the system and promote to an adult account, please send me a voice note on LIVE
GT whereforelamour

PS I've already changed my @live account to 1990, but the "Promote to Adult Account" tab isn't under Account Management