As soon as you sign up
At the dashboard click create an account!
No, it was discontinued after some time when the Xbox 360 came out.
You must repurchase xbox live. 3mo. subscription is good, or if you have the time and money 12mo. is probably best. $20-50. Go to Gamestop/EB Games, Wal Mart, Target or just use a card through your xbox account to purchase a subscription.
To find out if your xbox has live on it simply sign into one of your accounts, if the account does have live, it will say so. If not, you can purchace live at any time.
No you do not. When you register a gametag with xbox live the gamertag is given a 1 month gold membership, but no points.
Simply go to sign up for Xbox Live and when choosing your payment select "Silver Membership".
Xbox live will update the game every time a new patch comes out.
You have to wait until your Xbox Live Gold Membership time has expired and then take the details off offline.
start a new account and get a x-box live card
i think it was made some time after the original Xbox came out
Not at this time.
Once you join you get a free month, and there are discounts from time to time, but no free Xbox live other than that that I know of.