In order to switch the language, we are using XML files that we basically designed for Vista but still work with Windows 7 (call me lazy…). This will install all language packs inside the folder “\LP”. Lpksetup.exe /i * /r /s /p \\swdepot\Win7\LP\
To install, simple use the lpksetup.exe utility which is included in Windows 7. The directory structure then looked like this: I simply copied the folders we want to install (de-DE, fr-FR and es-ES) from the DVD to a share. Since we are using the Enterprise version of Windows 7, this was easy since there is a separate DVD ( mu_windows_7_language_pack_x86_dvd_X15-73272.iso) which contains all language packs. One of these things was to install one or more language packs and then reconfigure Windows so it uses a new language (this needs to be done on the command line and not manually of course).įor this, you first need to get the language packs you want to install.
That’s simply because it forces us to find the correct commands when Windows is already installed and not working on a WIM image. We have done this to make sure that we are always able to update existing installations. The current rollout I’m working on is based on a complete unchanged image from the Windows 7 DVD and several scripts that are running once Windows is installed.
