Windows vista MUI (Multilingual User Interface) language packs allows windows vista users to translate and change the display language for vista user interfaces.Thus vista users can have their windows user interfaces (UIs) translated into their own language for menus and dialogs, with MUI (Multilingual User Interface) language packs.
However with the release of windows vista SP1 (Service Pack 1), MUI (Multilingual User Interface) language packs meant for Windows Vista RTM will no longer work.windows vista SP1 users using the old MUI packs will get the following error message.
“The language can’t be selected because the language pack version is incompatible with this version of windows.”
It may be noted, that only Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Enterprise editions’ license EULA allows the installation of MUI (Multilingual User Interface) language packs.The MUI (Multilingual User Interface) language packs for Windows Vista SP1 is not yet available for download via Windows Update, although Microsoft has released the MUI (Multilingual User Interface) language packs to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, in DVD ISO image file format.
However few of the DVD ISO image files have been leaked to P2P Bit Torrent sites.These are:
- 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_1-FRMCLP1_DVD.iso (containing de-de, en-us, es-es, fr-fr language sets),
- 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD.iso (containing bg-bg, cs-cz, da-dk, el-gr, et-ee, fi-fi, hu-hu, it-it, lt-lt, lv-lv, nb-no, nl-nl, pl-pl, pt-pt, ro-ro, sk-sk, sl-si, sv-se),
- 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLP6_DVD.iso (containing ar-sa, he-il, hr-hr, pt-br, sr-latn-cs, th-th, tr-tr, uk-ua, zh-cn, zh-hk) and
- 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_7-FRMCLP7_DVD.iso (containing ru-ru)
The following .rar files contains only the specific MUI language pack’s .cab file.So download only the language pack you need.
Download Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) 32-bit (x86) MUI Language Packs:
- English Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_1-FRMCLP1_DVD_en-us.rar
- German Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_1-FRMCLP1_DVD_de-de.rar
- Spanish Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_1-FRMCLP1_DVD_es-es.rar
- French Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_1-FRMCLP1_DVD_fr-fr.rar
- Bulgarian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_bg-bg.rar
- Czech Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_cs-cz.rar
- Danish Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_da-dk.rar
- Greek Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_el-gr.rar
- Estonian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_et-ee.rar
- Finnish Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_fi-fi.rar
- Hungarian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_hu-hu.rar
- Italian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_it-it.rar
- Lithuanian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_lt-lt.rar
- Latvian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_lv-lv.rar
- Norwegian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_nb-no.rar
- Dutch Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_nl-nl.rar
- Polish Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_pl-pl.rar
- Portuguese (Portugal) Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_pt-pt.rar
- Romanian Language Packs:6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_ro-ro.rar
- Slovak Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_sk-sk.rar
- Slovenian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_sl-si.rar
- Swedish Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD_sv-se.rar
- Arabic Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLP6_DVD_ar-sa.rar
- Hebrew Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLP6_DVD_he-il.rar
- Croatian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLP6_DVD_hr-hr.rar
- Portuguese (Brazil) Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLP6_DVD_pt-br.rar
- Serbian (Latin) Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLP6_DVD_sr_latn_cs.rar
- Thai Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLP6_DVD_th-th.rar
- Turkish Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLP6_DVD_tr-tr.rar
- Ukrainian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLP6_DVD_uk-ua.rar
- Chinese (Simplified – China) Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLP6_DVD_zh-cn.rar
- Chinese (Traditional – Hong Kong SAR) Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLP6_DVD_zh-hk.rar
- Russian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_7-FRMCLP7_DVD_ru-ru.rar
Download Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) 64-bit (x64) MUI Language Packs:
- Spanish Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_1-FRMCLPX1_DVD_es-es.rar
- Bulgarian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_bg-bg.rar
- Czech Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_cs-cz.rar
- Danish Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_da-dk.rar
- Greek Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_el-gr.rar
- Estonian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_et-ee.rar
- Finnish Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_fi-fi.rar
- Hungarian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_hu-hu.rar
- Italian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_it-it.rar
- Lithuanian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_lt-lt.rar
- Latvian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_lv-lv.rar
- Norwegian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_nb-no.rar
- Dutch Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_nl-nl.rar
- Polish Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_pl-pl.rar
- Portuguese (Portugal) Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_pt-pt.rar
- Romanian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_ro-ro.rar
- Slovakian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_sk-sk.rar
- Slovenian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_sl-si.rar
- Swedish Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD_sv-se.rar
- Chinese (Simplified – China) Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLPX6_DVD_zh-cn.rar
- Russian Language Packs: 6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_7-FRMCLPX7_DVD_ru-ru.rar
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