Vista - Vista RTM MUI

Vista Enterprise and Ultimate is supposed to have full MUI capabilities.
Furthermore, it is said to have a per-user display language capability,
however I cannot find any solid information on this topic, so I'd be really
glad if someone here could explain me how adding new display languages really
work and where I could find information about the supported locales.

What does for example installing a new display language mean in licensing
terms? Do I need to own two licenses to be able to have two different d.ls?
Is this an Ultimate-only feature, or does that only apply to the ability to
create custom setup images with different languages preloaded. Will localized
Vista installers still come out or how will languages later be added to the
installer?

Thanks for the help in advance.

All Vista SKUs have full MUI capabilities but you can only install additional
MUI language packs on Vista Enterprise and Ultimate SKUs only. You can
install LIP on all Vista SKUs though. By full MUI capabilities, I mean will
load the right language resources in your application.

With Vista Enterprise and Ultimate, you can install as many MUI language
packs or LIP as you want (within your hardware's capabilities). You won't
need additional license to install the additional languages.

In Vista, the codes are stored in separate files from the localizable
resources. Installing additional languages will add additional localizable
resources in the different languages to your system. To read more about MUI,
see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...tl/mui_MUI.asp

There will be localized Vista available in about 32 languages.

Thanks,
Sayuri

Sayuri Wijaya | Program Manager @ MUI | Ask me about installing additional
languages on your Vista


This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Zaki" wrote:

> Vista Enterprise and Ultimate is supposed to have full MUI capabilities.
> Furthermore, it is said to have a per-user display language capability,
> however I cannot find any solid information on this topic, so I'd be really
> glad if someone here could explain me how adding new display languages really
> work and where I could find information about the supported locales.
>
> What does for example installing a new display language mean in licensing
> terms? Do I need to own two licenses to be able to have two different d.ls?
> Is this an Ultimate-only feature, or does that only apply to the ability to
> create custom setup images with different languages preloaded. Will localized
> Vista installers still come out or how will languages later be added to the
> installer?
>
> Thanks for the help in advance.

Sauri Vijaya,

can you plz tell me about this in details, for eg, i can have English and
other user may be my family can have local languages like tamil/telugu etc?

Thankx

K.S.Sathish Pillai

"Sayuri Wijaya [MSFT]" <Sayuri Wijaya [MSFT]@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:A582AEB9-6D88-4A75-B321-DA2BD42321CD@microsoft.com...
> All Vista SKUs have full MUI capabilities but you can only install
> additional
> MUI language packs on Vista Enterprise and Ultimate SKUs only. You can
> install LIP on all Vista SKUs though. By full MUI capabilities, I mean
> will
> load the right language resources in your application.
>
> With Vista Enterprise and Ultimate, you can install as many MUI language
> packs or LIP as you want (within your hardware's capabilities). You won't
> need additional license to install the additional languages.
>
> In Vista, the codes are stored in separate files from the localizable
> resources. Installing additional languages will add additional localizable
> resources in the different languages to your system. To read more about
> MUI,
> see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...tl/mui_MUI.asp
>
> There will be localized Vista available in about 32 languages.
>
> Thanks,
> Sayuri
>
> Sayuri Wijaya | Program Manager @ MUI | Ask me about installing additional
> languages on your Vista
>
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "Zaki" wrote:
>
>> Vista Enterprise and Ultimate is supposed to have full MUI capabilities.
>> Furthermore, it is said to have a per-user display language capability,
>> however I cannot find any solid information on this topic, so I'd be
>> really
>> glad if someone here could explain me how adding new display languages
>> really
>> work and where I could find information about the supported locales.
>>
>> What does for example installing a new display language mean in licensing
>> terms? Do I need to own two licenses to be able to have two different
>> d.ls?
>> Is this an Ultimate-only feature, or does that only apply to the ability
>> to
>> create custom setup images with different languages preloaded. Will
>> localized
>> Vista installers still come out or how will languages later be added to
>> the
>> installer?
>>
>> Thanks for the help in advance.

Hi,

Yes, Vista Ultimate allows you to change your display language in English
and in other languages like tamil/telugu for your family members on the same
machine. I can't remember the entire list of language packs that we'll
release for Vista. Assuming that we are releasing tamil & telugu, you can do
the above.

Sayuri Wijaya | Program Manager @ MUI | Ask me about installing additional
languages on your Vista

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

--
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"K.S.Sathish" <sathish_pillai@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:BD973182-4975-4BB3-9E6D-3A27FDE649EE@microsoft.com...
> Sauri Vijaya,
>
> can you plz tell me about this in details, for eg, i can have English and
> other user may be my family can have local languages like tamil/telugu
> etc?
>
> Thankx
>
> K.S.Sathish Pillai
>
> "Sayuri Wijaya [MSFT]" <Sayuri Wijaya [MSFT]@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message
> news:A582AEB9-6D88-4A75-B321-DA2BD42321CD@microsoft.com...
>> All Vista SKUs have full MUI capabilities but you can only install
>> additional
>> MUI language packs on Vista Enterprise and Ultimate SKUs only. You can
>> install LIP on all Vista SKUs though. By full MUI capabilities, I mean
>> will
>> load the right language resources in your application.
>>
>> With Vista Enterprise and Ultimate, you can install as many MUI language
>> packs or LIP as you want (within your hardware's capabilities). You won't
>> need additional license to install the additional languages.
>>
>> In Vista, the codes are stored in separate files from the localizable
>> resources. Installing additional languages will add additional
>> localizable
>> resources in the different languages to your system. To read more about
>> MUI,
>> see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...tl/mui_MUI.asp
>>
>> There will be localized Vista available in about 32 languages.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sayuri
>>
>> Sayuri Wijaya | Program Manager @ MUI | Ask me about installing
>> additional
>> languages on your Vista
>>
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "Zaki" wrote:
>>
>>> Vista Enterprise and Ultimate is supposed to have full MUI capabilities.
>>> Furthermore, it is said to have a per-user display language capability,
>>> however I cannot find any solid information on this topic, so I'd be
>>> really
>>> glad if someone here could explain me how adding new display languages
>>> really
>>> work and where I could find information about the supported locales.
>>>
>>> What does for example installing a new display language mean in
>>> licensing
>>> terms? Do I need to own two licenses to be able to have two different
>>> d.ls?
>>> Is this an Ultimate-only feature, or does that only apply to the ability
>>> to
>>> create custom setup images with different languages preloaded. Will
>>> localized
>>> Vista installers still come out or how will languages later be added to
>>> the
>>> installer?
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help in advance.
>

Hi, Sayuri Vijaya,

thankyou for the information, ill try & let you know if there is any
problems.
K.S.Sathish

"Sayuri Wijaya [MSFT]" <sayuriw@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5C10A8BF-E0F6-4A7D-BF7E-6F4742E828E1@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> Yes, Vista Ultimate allows you to change your display language in English
> and in other languages like tamil/telugu for your family members on the
> same machine. I can't remember the entire list of language packs that
> we'll release for Vista. Assuming that we are releasing tamil & telugu,
> you can do the above.
>
> Sayuri Wijaya | Program Manager @ MUI | Ask me about installing additional
> languages on your Vista
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
> "K.S.Sathish" <sathish_pillai@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:BD973182-4975-4BB3-9E6D-3A27FDE649EE@microsoft.com...
>> Sauri Vijaya,
>>
>> can you plz tell me about this in details, for eg, i can have English and
>> other user may be my family can have local languages like tamil/telugu
>> etc?
>>
>> Thankx
>>
>> K.S.Sathish Pillai
>>
>> "Sayuri Wijaya [MSFT]" <Sayuri Wijaya [MSFT]@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote in message
>> news:A582AEB9-6D88-4A75-B321-DA2BD42321CD@microsoft.com...
>>> All Vista SKUs have full MUI capabilities but you can only install
>>> additional
>>> MUI language packs on Vista Enterprise and Ultimate SKUs only. You can
>>> install LIP on all Vista SKUs though. By full MUI capabilities, I mean
>>> will
>>> load the right language resources in your application.
>>>
>>> With Vista Enterprise and Ultimate, you can install as many MUI language
>>> packs or LIP as you want (within your hardware's capabilities). You
>>> won't
>>> need additional license to install the additional languages.
>>>
>>> In Vista, the codes are stored in separate files from the localizable
>>> resources. Installing additional languages will add additional
>>> localizable
>>> resources in the different languages to your system. To read more about
>>> MUI,
>>> see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...tl/mui_MUI.asp
>>>
>>> There will be localized Vista available in about 32 languages.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sayuri
>>>
>>> Sayuri Wijaya | Program Manager @ MUI | Ask me about installing
>>> additional
>>> languages on your Vista
>>>
>>>
>>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>> rights.
>>>
>>> "Zaki" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Vista Enterprise and Ultimate is supposed to have full MUI
>>>> capabilities.
>>>> Furthermore, it is said to have a per-user display language capability,
>>>> however I cannot find any solid information on this topic, so I'd be
>>>> really
>>>> glad if someone here could explain me how adding new display languages
>>>> really
>>>> work and where I could find information about the supported locales.
>>>>
>>>> What does for example installing a new display language mean in
>>>> licensing
>>>> terms? Do I need to own two licenses to be able to have two different
>>>> d.ls?
>>>> Is this an Ultimate-only feature, or does that only apply to the
>>>> ability to
>>>> create custom setup images with different languages preloaded. Will
>>>> localized
>>>> Vista installers still come out or how will languages later be added to
>>>> the
>>>> installer?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the help in advance.
>>
>

Hi,
I have the RTM Vista Ultimate installed but cannot find any MUI or language
packs anywhere. I searched through the installation DVD and MSDN download as
well as Microsoft website but did not find anything. Is there any MUI
actually released? If not, when will they become available?

Thanks.




"Sayuri Wijaya [MSFT]" wrote:

> All Vista SKUs have full MUI capabilities but you can only install additional
> MUI language packs on Vista Enterprise and Ultimate SKUs only. You can
> install LIP on all Vista SKUs though. By full MUI capabilities, I mean will
> load the right language resources in your application.
>
> With Vista Enterprise and Ultimate, you can install as many MUI language
> packs or LIP as you want (within your hardware's capabilities). You won't
> need additional license to install the additional languages.
>
> In Vista, the codes are stored in separate files from the localizable
> resources. Installing additional languages will add additional localizable
> resources in the different languages to your system. To read more about MUI,
> see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...tl/mui_MUI.asp
>
> There will be localized Vista available in about 32 languages.
>
> Thanks,
> Sayuri
>
> Sayuri Wijaya | Program Manager @ MUI | Ask me about installing additional
> languages on your Vista
>
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Zaki" wrote:
>
> > Vista Enterprise and Ultimate is supposed to have full MUI capabilities.
> > Furthermore, it is said to have a per-user display language capability,
> > however I cannot find any solid information on this topic, so I'd be really
> > glad if someone here could explain me how adding new display languages really
> > work and where I could find information about the supported locales.
> >
> > What does for example installing a new display language mean in licensing
> > terms? Do I need to own two licenses to be able to have two different d.ls?
> > Is this an Ultimate-only feature, or does that only apply to the ability to
> > create custom setup images with different languages preloaded. Will localized
> > Vista installers still come out or how will languages later be added to the
> > installer?
> >
> > Thanks for the help in advance.

Did you try windows update?
I have read that there are some language MUIs hanging around there.
Running rc2 here so I cannot confirm that.
Carlos

"liuja" wrote:

> Hi,
> I have the RTM Vista Ultimate installed but cannot find any MUI or language
> packs anywhere. I searched through the installation DVD and MSDN download as
> well as Microsoft website but did not find anything. Is there any MUI
> actually released? If not, when will they become available?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> "Sayuri Wijaya [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> > All Vista SKUs have full MUI capabilities but you can only install additional
> > MUI language packs on Vista Enterprise and Ultimate SKUs only. You can
> > install LIP on all Vista SKUs though. By full MUI capabilities, I mean will
> > load the right language resources in your application.
> >
> > With Vista Enterprise and Ultimate, you can install as many MUI language
> > packs or LIP as you want (within your hardware's capabilities). You won't
> > need additional license to install the additional languages.
> >
> > In Vista, the codes are stored in separate files from the localizable
> > resources. Installing additional languages will add additional localizable
> > resources in the different languages to your system. To read more about MUI,
> > see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...tl/mui_MUI.asp
> >
> > There will be localized Vista available in about 32 languages.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sayuri
> >
> > Sayuri Wijaya | Program Manager @ MUI | Ask me about installing additional
> > languages on your Vista
> >
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> >
> > "Zaki" wrote:
> >
> > > Vista Enterprise and Ultimate is supposed to have full MUI capabilities.
> > > Furthermore, it is said to have a per-user display language capability,
> > > however I cannot find any solid information on this topic, so I'd be really
> > > glad if someone here could explain me how adding new display languages really
> > > work and where I could find information about the supported locales.
> > >
> > > What does for example installing a new display language mean in licensing
> > > terms? Do I need to own two licenses to be able to have two different d.ls?
> > > Is this an Ultimate-only feature, or does that only apply to the ability to
> > > create custom setup images with different languages preloaded. Will localized
> > > Vista installers still come out or how will languages later be added to the
> > > installer?
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help in advance.

Hi,

35 language packs will be available for users of Windows Vista Ultimate,
through Windows Ultimate Extras.

--Szajd

"liuja" <liuja@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C90F9587-5531-46AC-9D1D-FA1E0AEEE5AB@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I have the RTM Vista Ultimate installed but cannot find any MUI or
> language
> packs anywhere. I searched through the installation DVD and MSDN download
> as
> well as Microsoft website but did not find anything. Is there any MUI
> actually released? If not, when will they become available?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> "Sayuri Wijaya [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> All Vista SKUs have full MUI capabilities but you can only install
>> additional
>> MUI language packs on Vista Enterprise and Ultimate SKUs only. You can
>> install LIP on all Vista SKUs though. By full MUI capabilities, I mean
>> will
>> load the right language resources in your application.
>>
>> With Vista Enterprise and Ultimate, you can install as many MUI language
>> packs or LIP as you want (within your hardware's capabilities). You won't
>> need additional license to install the additional languages.
>>
>> In Vista, the codes are stored in separate files from the localizable
>> resources. Installing additional languages will add additional
>> localizable
>> resources in the different languages to your system. To read more about
>> MUI,
>> see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...tl/mui_MUI.asp
>>
>> There will be localized Vista available in about 32 languages.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sayuri
>>
>> Sayuri Wijaya | Program Manager @ MUI | Ask me about installing
>> additional
>> languages on your Vista
>>
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "Zaki" wrote:
>>
>> > Vista Enterprise and Ultimate is supposed to have full MUI
>> > capabilities.
>> > Furthermore, it is said to have a per-user display language capability,
>> > however I cannot find any solid information on this topic, so I'd be
>> > really
>> > glad if someone here could explain me how adding new display languages
>> > really
>> > work and where I could find information about the supported locales.
>> >
>> > What does for example installing a new display language mean in
>> > licensing
>> > terms? Do I need to own two licenses to be able to have two different
>> > d.ls?
>> > Is this an Ultimate-only feature, or does that only apply to the
>> > ability to
>> > create custom setup images with different languages preloaded. Will
>> > localized
>> > Vista installers still come out or how will languages later be added to
>> > the
>> > installer?
>> >
>> > Thanks for the help in advance.

Thanks, guys, for the tips.
I tried launching the "Windows Ultimate Extras" from the start menu, which
is basically a fancier "windows update". No language packs were found there
by running an update, either.


"Said "Szajd" Dániel" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 35 language packs will be available for users of Windows Vista Ultimate,
> through Windows Ultimate Extras.
>
> --Szajd
>
> "liuja" <liuja@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C90F9587-5531-46AC-9D1D-FA1E0AEEE5AB@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > I have the RTM Vista Ultimate installed but cannot find any MUI or
> > language
> > packs anywhere. I searched through the installation DVD and MSDN download
> > as
> > well as Microsoft website but did not find anything. Is there any MUI
> > actually released? If not, when will they become available?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Sayuri Wijaya [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >> All Vista SKUs have full MUI capabilities but you can only install
> >> additional
> >> MUI language packs on Vista Enterprise and Ultimate SKUs only. You can
> >> install LIP on all Vista SKUs though. By full MUI capabilities, I mean
> >> will
> >> load the right language resources in your application.
> >>
> >> With Vista Enterprise and Ultimate, you can install as many MUI language
> >> packs or LIP as you want (within your hardware's capabilities). You won't
> >> need additional license to install the additional languages.
> >>
> >> In Vista, the codes are stored in separate files from the localizable
> >> resources. Installing additional languages will add additional
> >> localizable
> >> resources in the different languages to your system. To read more about
> >> MUI,
> >> see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...tl/mui_MUI.asp
> >>
> >> There will be localized Vista available in about 32 languages.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Sayuri
> >>
> >> Sayuri Wijaya | Program Manager @ MUI | Ask me about installing
> >> additional
> >> languages on your Vista
> >>
> >>
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >>
> >> "Zaki" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Vista Enterprise and Ultimate is supposed to have full MUI
> >> > capabilities.
> >> > Furthermore, it is said to have a per-user display language capability,
> >> > however I cannot find any solid information on this topic, so I'd be
> >> > really
> >> > glad if someone here could explain me how adding new display languages
> >> > really
> >> > work and where I could find information about the supported locales.
> >> >
> >> > What does for example installing a new display language mean in
> >> > licensing
> >> > terms? Do I need to own two licenses to be able to have two different
> >> > d.ls?
> >> > Is this an Ultimate-only feature, or does that only apply to the
> >> > ability to
> >> > create custom setup images with different languages preloaded. Will
> >> > localized
> >> > Vista installers still come out or how will languages later be added to
> >> > the
> >> > installer?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for the help in advance.
>

Szia

As of yesterday, 15 languages have been posted on UE. These include
Chinese Simplified/Chinese Hong Kong, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian,
Spanish and Swedish.

I am really hoping for a Hungarian language pack in the near future, but if
you say 35 language packs, hu-HU should be released eventually. Right now I
use Japanese and English on my computer and MUI is simply amazing. A word of
warning though: even though the OS is supposed to be language-independent,
this does not mean that all application will work properly. The application
must support localization, if not, then the default codepage/locale is used.
It doesn't necessarily mean that the application will break, but garbled text
can still occur

"Said "Szajd" Dániel" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 35 language packs will be available for users of Windows Vista Ultimate,
> through Windows Ultimate Extras.
>
> --Szajd
>