Windows XP MUI language packs question

[busmaster11]

Anyone every download these to enable other languages in menus etc on their winXP systems? I did, to get Chinese on there for my folks. But unlike win2k, which had them in installable msi format, these suckers seem to require a "component database manager" to install them... What is this thing? Is it in Access or SQL?

Anyone have suggestions on the quickest way to install these?

 

[busmaster11]

One little itty bitty morning bump.

 

[Fritzo]

I just happened to be studying for my XP cert. test and they had some material about the MUI packs. You can only use them on the Pro verison of XP. They won't work on the Home edition. What version are you trying to use them on? Otherise, you should just have to run te MUISETUP.exe file to setup. You do have to install the base operating system in English first (should be on the first three CD's), with the other two containing the MUI files.

Hope this helps.

 

[busmaster11]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I just happened to be studying for my XP cert. test and they had some material about the MUI packs. You can only use them on the Pro verison of XP. They won't work on the Home edition. What version are you trying to use them on? Otherise, you should just have to run te MUISETUP.exe file to setup. You do have to install the base operating system in English first (should be on the first three CD's), with the other two containing the MUI files.

Hope this helps.

I'm using the Pro version. But I don't have the multilanguage version. Do I need it? all I did was download the individual language packs from MS's site and the file is about 90 megs. It contains no installable executable but just some .sld file that you run with something called the Component Database Manager...

Does that sound familiar at all, or where do you get this "muisetup.exe? Thanks.

 

[Fritzo]

You might not have the complete set. It should be 5 CD's worth of stuff. You might just have the language files themselves.

Try this: Go to Start/Control Panel/Regional and Language options and change everything to Chinese under the Language settings. After you do that, see if there's anywhere that prompts you to load the Asian language pack.

I'm new at this myself, so I'm guessing (learning while reading my book ).