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Read First for
Microsoft(R) Windows XP Multilingual User Interface Pack
August 2001
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Read Me First
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Welcome to the Windows XP Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Pack.
This document provides late-breaking or other information that
supplements the documentation in Microsoft Windows XP.
Print and read this document for critical pre-installation information
concerning this product release.
After you install the Windows XP Multilingual User Interface Pack, print
and read the Release Notes files:
* Readme.txt located on MUI CD1
* Relnotes.txt located on MUI CD1
For the latest information about MUI, be sure to visit the following
Web site :
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/FAQs/Multilang.asp
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CONTENTS
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1.0 ABOUT THE MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP MULTILINGUAL USER INTERFACE PACK (MUI)
2.0 BEFORE INSTALLING MUI SUPPORT FROM MUI CDs
3.0 SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
4.0 UPGRADING TO THE WINDOWS XP MUI PACK FROM WINDOWS 2000 MULTILANGUAGE VERSION
5.0 INSTALLING MUI IN UNATTEND MODE
6.0 DEPLOYING MUI BY USING REMOTE INSTALLATION SERVICE
7.0 COPYRIGHT
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1.0 ABOUT THE MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP MULTILINGUAL USER INTERFACE PACK (MUI)
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The Windows XP operating systems provide extensive support for international
users, addressing many multilingual issues such as regional preferences, fonts,
keyboard layouts, sorting orders, date formats and Unicode support.
The Windows XP Multilingual User Interface Pack builds on top of
this support by adding the capability to switch the User Interface (menus,
dialogs and help files) from one language to another. This feature helps make
administration and support of multilingual computing environments much
easier by:
* allowing workstations to be shared by users who speak different
languages
* facilitating the roll-out of one system company-wide, with the
addition of User Interface languages as they become available.
This allows the same US English service pack to update all machines.
The Windows XP Multilingual User Interface Pack allows
each user of a workstation to select one of the installed User Interface
languages. This selection is then stored in their user profile. When a
user logs on, the appearance of the system and the help files associated
with the system components change to the selected language. (Note that
this is not quite the same as running a localized version. The Multilingual
User Interface Pack is based on the English version of Windows XP. )
The ability to read and write documents in each of the languages
supported by Windows XP is a feature of every version of Windows
XP, not just of the Windows XP Multilingual User
Interface Pack. However, the ability to switch User Interface languages
is only provided by the Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack.
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2.0 BEFORE INSTALLING MUI SUPPORT FROM MUI CDs
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Before you install any of the files from the Windows Multilingual User
Interface Pack CDs, you must complete the installation of Windows
XP from the English version of Windows XP CD.
To install any language user interface support, run MUISETUP.EXE from the
MUI CDs. Each MUI CD includes a group of different MUI language support
files. You will only be able to install the languages that are included
on the same CD at one time. If you want to install languages included
on another CD, please run the MUISETUP from that CD. You can click the
"Help" button on the MUISETUP.EXE screen to learn how to use MUISETUP.EXE.
To find out which CD includes which UI language files, you can browse the
CD to see which sub-folders are included on the CD. Each sub-folder includes
the MUI package for a particular matching UI language. The UI languages and
their sub-folder names are listed below:
LanguageID Language MUI Sub-folder
0401 Arabic ARA.MUI
0402 Bulgarian BG.MUI
041a Croatian HR.MUI
0405 Czech CS.MUI
0406 Danish da.MUI
0413 Dutch (Standard) NL.MUI
0425 Estonian ET.MUI
040b Finnish FI.MUI
040c French (Standard) FR.MUI
0407 German GER.MUI
0408 Greek EL.MUI
040d Hebrew HEB.MUI
040e Hungarian hu.MUI
0410 Italian IT.MUI
0411 Japanese JPN.MUI
0412 Korean KOR.MUI
0426 Latvian LV.MUI
0427 Lithuanian LT.MUI
0414 Norwegian no.MUI
0415 Polish pl.MUI
0416 Portuguese (Brazil)Br.MUI
0816 Portuguese (Standard)PT.MUI
0418 Romanian RO.MUI
0419 Russian RU.MUI
0804 Simplified Chinese CHS.MUI
0c0a Spanish (Modern Sort)ES.MUI
041b Slovak SK.MUI
0424 Slovenian SL.MUI
041d Swedish SV.MUI
041e Thai TH.MUI
0404 Traditional Chinese CHH.MUI
041f Turkish TR.MUI
Please note this list is just for reference purpose. It does not mean
all these languages will be supported in the XP MUI pack. Due to the
localization schedule differences among languages,
the XP MUI package will be released in two releases. The initial release
will include languages that are done soonest after the US English
release. The refresh release will include the other supported languages done
later. Please visit http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/FAQs/Multilang.asp
for more detail on the supported language list in XP MUI pack and their
release schedules.
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3.0 SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
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The Windows XP MUI pack only works with Windows XP Professional Edition.
The MUI files cannot be installed on Windows XP Home Edition.
A 32-bit MUI pack can only be installed on 32-bit Windows XP. You must use
a 64-bit MUI pack on 64-bit Windows XP. The number of supported MUI languages
on 64-bit will be different from 32-bit XP.
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4.0 UPGRADING TO THE WINDOWS XP MUI PACK FROM WINDOWS 2000 MULTILANGUAGE VERSION
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Setup will remove the old Windows 2000 MultiLanguage support files but will
not automatically add the Windows XP MUI support files during the upgrade
process. You must install the Windows XP MUI files from MUI CDs just as you
would on a clean installation of Windows XP. The same applies when upgrading
from early test versions of Windows XP MUI.
We recommend that you set the UI language to English before upgrading the
Windows 2000 MUI system to Windows XP.
You can use the following unattend mode process to add the new MUI files
automatically during the upgrade process.
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5.0 INSTALLING MUI PACK IN UNATTEND MODE
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The following steps explain how to install the Windows MUI Pack in unattend mode.
1. Copy all the MUI files from MUI CDs into a temporary directory on a
network share, such as $OEM$\MUIINST.
In this example, we use a server \\MUICORE. The directory for the MUI CD
contents will be \\MUICORE\UNATTEND\$OEM$\MUIINST.
2. Add a "Cmdlines.txt" file in \\muicore\UNATTEND\$OEM$ that includes
the following lines:
[Commands]
"muiinst\muisetup.exe [/i LangID1 LangID2 ...] [/d LangID] /r /s"
Note that you must specify " " in your cmdlines.txt file. Use the
appropriate Language ID (LANGID)s, and the muisetup command line
parameters to ensure a quiet installation. Please check muisetup.hlp
for a complete description of all the command line parameters for
muisetup.exe (the command line help content is under "related topics"
in the help.).
3. Create an answer file (mui.txt):
a. add the following entries in the "Unattended" section
[Unattended]
OemPreinstall=Yes
OemFilesPath=\\muicore\unattend
OemSkipEula=YES
"OemFilesPath" must point to a network share or drive containing the
MUI install source stored in the above directory structure.
The Windows install sources can be anywhere else (CD, network share, etc).
b. add a "RegionalSettings" section. Use this section to specify the Language
Groups and locales to install. Use the appropriate Language Group IDs and
Locale IDs (LCIDs). Ensure that the Language Groups you install are sufficient
to cover BOTH the locale settings and the User Interface languages you
are installing.
Example:
[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup="5","8","13"
Language="0401"
Of course, the answer file may also include other OS unattended setup options.
4. Run winnt32.exe with the appropriate options to use the answer file. If you
require the installation of East Asian language and locale support, you must
specify /copysource:lang or /rx:lang to copy the necessary language files.
If you do not, and the [RegionalSettings] section of your answer file contains
East Asian values, Setup will ignore everything in the [RegionalSettings] section.
For Winnt32.exe, the appropriate syntax is:
winnt32.exe /unattend:"path to answer file" /copysource:lang /s:"path to install source"
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6.0 DEPLOYING MUI BY USING REMOTE INSTALLATION SERVICE
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The following steps explain how to deploy MUI by using Windows Server<65><72>s Remote
Installation Service (RIS). ( RIS requirements: Domain Controller running Active
Directory, DHCP server, DNS server, NTFS partition to hold OS images. )
1. Install Remote Installation Services using the Windows Component Wizard.
2. Run Risetup.exe. RIS will create a flat image from the CD or network share as follows:
\Remote installation share\Admin
\OSChooser
\Setup
\tmp
The image is kept in the I386 directory under
\Setup (such as \Setup\<OS Locale>\Images\<Directory name>\I386 ).
3. Follow instructions on KB: Q241063 to install additional languages.
4. Follow instructions on KB: Q287545 or manually copy asms directory form CD
or network share into the I386 directory of the image.
5. Add the following section into the ristndrd.sif
(under \Setup\<OS Locale>\Images\<Directory Name>\I386\Templates) to enable
OEM installation
[Unattended]
OemPreinstall=Yes
[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17
; Language support pack are needed depending on (Q241063 explains how to do this)
; UI language you will be install, please consult
; unattended document for more information.
6. Add $OEM$ directory at the same level as the \I386 image directory that contains
the following installation source
\Setup\<OS Locale>\Images\<Directory Name>
|-\I386
|-\$OEM$
|-\cmdlines.txt (OEM answer file)
|-\MUIINST
In <20><>cmdlines.txt<78><74>, you will need the following structure to start installation of
MUI. The MUIINST folder will include MUI files copied from MUI CD root folder.
[Commands]
"muiinst\muisetup.exe /i <LCID> <LCID> /d <LCID> /r /s"
Note that you will need to add <20><><A1><B0> in as indicate above.
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7.0 COPYRIGHT
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This document provides late-breaking or other information that
supplements the documentation provided on the US English OS CD of the
Microsoft Windows XP Multilingual User Interface Pack.
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