How to install multiple languages in Virtual PC - Windows XP Mode

[magomago]

Win7 64 bit right here.


I installed the VM (Microsoft Virtual PC) and I wanted to install the language packs (both right to left and asian fonts) so I can view some websites properly instead of stuck looking at boxes with numbers in them.

But when I try to do it, it asks me for the Windows XP CD......uhhhhhh....what do I do? I just downloaded the VM from Microsoft's website. Is there a way to install the language of interest? I tried to download the Chinese version, but it said i can only have one version on my PC at a time.

I tried looking around the VM drive and I didn't see any of the windowsxp files stored there for me to access. IS it possible to install multilanguage support in Windows XP mode using Virtual PC?

 

[stlcardinals]

Apparently the XP mode VHD's were trimmed down,

http://social.technet.microsoft.com...t/thread/947b90f2-2608-464d-87e0-2ebc1762ee6e

So language packs are apparently a no go in XP Mode's VHD.

 

[magomago]

Found that link as well. Got the WinXP CD and installed it. Arabic and Chinese are up and running =) I guess they trimmed it out of the download files, but the functionality is all still there. Just get ahead of a WinXP CD and you should be good to go =)