Vista SP1 Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Language Pack Install Tool for Business, Home Premium and Basic Edition
Windows Vista Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) is language packs for Windows Vista that provide a translated version of most of the user interface so that users can change the display language on Vista computer and view wizards, dialog boxes, menus, Help topics, and other items in Windows in a different language, such as for Chinese version to switch language to Japanese, or German to revert to English without reinstalling. However, only Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Enterprise has license to use MUIs.
All other Vista editions, including Windows Home Basic, Home Premium and Business allows only one language been selected and used. Users can select the default language when installing Vista system, but after selecting the language pack to use, system will automatically delete the non-default languages away. System updates and other services of Vista is presented to the users based on the Vista language pack installed, but these updates, although sometimes can be installed from another language, cannot change or upgrade the system to other language set.
Microsoft has released the MUI Vista language packs for both 32-bit and 64-bit editions. However, as mentioned, only for Ultimate and Enterprise users who can download via Windows Update. Beside, for users who have already installed Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), the following error message will appear when trying to install the MUI language packs meant for RTM version of Vista, and the installation of language pack will fail.
The language can’t be selected because the language pack version is incompatible with this version of windows.
Vista MUI Installation Tool is a crack program that can hack and force install multi-language packages into non-supported Windows Vista - that’s Vista Home Premium, Home Basic and Business editon, plus Ultimate and Enterprise edition installed with SP1 (at least until official MUI language packs for SP1 are released by Microsoft). Vista MUI Installation Tool also include feature to allow users to easily change and switch between display languages of the system. Best of all, all process is done automatically without manual intervention.
To use Windows Vista Multi-Language Package Installation Tools, simply follow these steps:
- Download (links below) the Windows Vista Multi-Lanaguage Package Installation Tools package, and unpack the files to
C:\Windows Vista MUI Tools\C:\MUITools\ or C:\MUI\ folder (Important: No space in folder name else will have “Incorrect Parameters” or “Parameter is incorrect” error message). From version 2.55 onwards, users can install the program directly using executable, but you may need to install the files to new folder with no space in the folder name, or copy everything in the C:\Propgram Files\Windows Vista MUI Installation\ folder to the above no-space folder, for successful execution. - Create a C:\MUI Packs\ folder.
- Download the Windows Vista MUI language packs (unofficial Vista SP1 language packs (x86) or x64 MUI language packs for Vista SP1 now available, so you don’t need this hack anymore) that you wish to install, and save the downloaded MUI pack in C:\MUI Packs\ folder. The MUI package is actually self-extracted *.CAB files, but has been added execution restriction on non-supported Vista editions. Once the .CAB has been extracted with EXE2CAB, it can be installed in any Vista editions. EXE2CAB is a program that can do such extraction and bypass the .EXE instruction that stop installation of MUI in Vista Home Premium, Home Basic and Business.
- Create another temporary folder named C:\Install MUI\.
- Run Windows Vista MUI Tools (Vista Multi-Lang Package Installation) (x64 or x86) as Administrator.
- Click on Install button under of either “Windows Vista MUI Installation - Method 1″ or “Windows Vista MUI Installation - Method 2″.
The difference between Method 1 and Method 2 is that Method 1 is a hack or crack method, where MUI installer will bypass Vista update management service layer to force install the MUI language pack in non-licensed and/or non-activated (genuine) Vista, while Method 2 make use of MUI installation program built into Vista by Microsoft.
- In the pop-up “EXE2CAB Choose Input File” dialog, select the MUI executable file (.EXE extension) in C:\MUI Packs\ folder that you wish to install. If you have already convert the .EXE MUI file to .CAB format, click “Cancel” button, and subsequently the Vista MUI Installation Tool will prompt again to select a .CAB MUI file.
- For users who choose to convert a downloaded .EXE Vista MUI file and extract .CAB version with EXE2CAB, select the destination folder in “EXE2CAB Choose Output File” dialog box, which is the C:\Install MUI\ folder.
- EXE2CAB will convert the MUI file, and then Vista Multi-Language Pack Installation Tools will install the language pack into the Vista system.
- Wait for the process to complete, then pick the new language in “Select Windows Vista Language”, click Apply.
- Restart the computer and the system will boot into new language.
Download Windows Vista MUI Tools v2.2 (stable for x86 Vista, and probably on x64 too).
Download Windows Vista MUI Tools v5.5 (support both x86 and x64 Vista).
Download 32-bit (x86) MUI Language Packs for Windows Vista SP1 or 64-bit (x64) Vista SP1 language packs.
Source and update on nicety-repair.com forum (in Chinese language).
Note that in order for the Vista Multilingual User Interface Langauage Packs Installer to work properly, enable the Administrator account in Vista (version 2.5 onwards), or click on “Operation” then select “Enable the Windows Vista Administrator account”, and turn off UAC before running the program, especially when using it to switch to another display language. Else you may encountered the error messages such as “Windows package manager is requesting your permission”, “All selected language files failed to install” or “Incorrect Paramenter”.
See solution for unable or fail to change system language using Vista MUI Tool, and solution to Windows Update and Windows Sidebar not running properly after changing language.
The software is written by a Chinese programmer, thus you may see some message in Chinese, which can be safely ignored. The installation of Vista language packs may take more than 10 minutes too, so try to be patient. You should receive message on whether installation is successful or failed. Until Microsoft releases Vista language packs for SP1, this tool can also temporarily used to resolve the problem where multi-lingual language pack cannot be installed on system with Service Pack 1 issue with “Method 1″ on installation wizard.
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September 29th, 2008 13:26
Stop using auto translator, it really makes me cry, at least for spanish it is awesomely horrifying.
It is a lot easier even for people who understand sintactic differences between spanish and english to read english than this crappy translations.
September 29th, 2008 13:17
Automatic translation sucks, at least for spanish, please stop using that crap, it is easier to understand english than the awesomely horrifying spanish auto translation.
September 15th, 2008 07:41
vean esta pagina / check this website
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-12546_102-0.html?forumID=133&threadID=235470&messageID=2577409
September 14th, 2008 21:27
I’ve been trying to swtich back to my french Vista Home Premium SP1 ( it was in English after a complete recovery ) with Vista MUI Tools but with no sucess. ( MUI french package was actually still there but I couldn’t find a way to activate it )
Then I came across this perfect freeware called Vistalizator ( http://www.froggie.sk/ ) and in 3 clicks and a reboot; I safely came back to a french environment.
You should give it a try if you want to use pre-installed or donwloaded MUI packages
September 11th, 2008 13:16
It worked good for me but, after doing it i ncountered several problems. several features stopped working completely.. more exactly:
The “personalize” menu (Right click on desktop -> personalize)
The User accounts (can’t change anything)
Windows update (stopped working completely)
It might be other features as well, but these are the ones i have seen so far
If other have experienced the same, please let me know if it is this that caused it.. and if there is a way to undo what happened
September 3rd, 2008 23:40
thanks for this, got vista premium and business. My wife is from Taiwan and had XP on her old laptop,which could use as many languages as you liked. I was quite shocked when I tried to install a second Language and vista told me “max number of allowed languages already installed” How sad for MS to limit the so called improved OS. Anyway, despite my scepticism… this worked first time and will be a nice surprise for my wife tonight.
August 14th, 2008 22:26
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August 7th, 2008 04:14
This isn’t clear. I can’t get it to work, I have Win Vista Home premium in english and wish to switch it to spanish. please would someone help, this topic is confusing with all those links and “updated”/misdirected info that only consufes. btw the best i could get was to use the EXE file and it kept saying that the limit of languages installed has been reached or something like that, but it wasnt following this instructions whatsoever. any help is appreciated. Thanks!
July 10th, 2008 06:23
Quisiera saber…. solo por precaución: ¿instalando este paquete de idiomas se pierde la licencia de Windows?
July 10th, 2008 01:39
Necesito saber….. solo por precaución….. ¿instalando este paquete de idiomas se pierde la licencia Windows?.
Saludos y Gracias!
June 29th, 2008 01:12
Temporary folder for .cab file (C:\Install MUI\) shouldnt have spaces too. Error stopped to appear when I renamed it to C:\IMUI\