Install Language Packs on Windows 7/Vista

If you are evaluating SharePoint 2010 Beta on Windows 7/Vista, you may also want to try language packs on it. The language packs were not released with other beta bits on 11/18 publicly, but now they are available.

Beta Language Packs for SharePoint Foundation 2010 Beta and SharePoint Server 2010 Beta are now

So when you run the installer, you may find it reports an error say it cannot be installed on non-server system. This is expected. Since they share the same installer with SharePoint bits, you can use the same workaround to make it install.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869(office.14).aspx

Follow the same way to extract all files to a folder, then modify \files\Setup\config.xml, add <Setting Id="AllowWindowsClientInstall" Value="True"/> under configuration tag, then save it.

This would allow you to install SharePoint 2010 beta language packs on Windows 7/Vista, if SharePoint is already installed.

<the same workaround can also work on Office Web Apps, since they share the same installer>

 

Jie.

Comments

• Anonymous
  December 02, 2009
  7 Benefits of MUI:

Language neutral binaries for the operating system.

Language support is installed by default.

Less time required to create a specific language version of the operating system.

Easy to deploy a single image containing multiple languages.

More languages are available for MUI.

Software updates are available sooner.

Enables ISVs to produce global software more efficiently.

I read the guide to using windows vista and found the good benefit from using it...