Vistalizator

Did you buy a Windows laptop from abroad and want it to talk to you in your mother tongue?

Try Vistalizator - this tool allows you to change display language in Windows editions other than (officially supported) Ultimate, like Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium and Business/Professional.

Vistalizator overrides the limit of one MUI language on non-Ultimate Windows editions.
See details about using multiple languages in Windows.

Features

• Works in 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista/Windows 7
• Change Windows display language in less than 5 minutes! (Express installation mode)
• Uses official Microsoft Windows language packs
• You can install all 36 MUI languages and switch between them easily
• You can install 55 Windows Vista LIP languages on top of specific MUI languages
• You can install 59 Windows 7 LIP languages on top of specific MUI languages
• Compatible with Vista Service Pack 1/2 and Windows 7 Service Pack 1
• User Account Control (UAC) compliant - prompts for administrative privileges
• Windows Speech Recognition works with all supported languages:
  Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish
• Languages can be installed either in Internal or in Express mode, see details

Multiple languages in Windows

To be able to use different/multiple MUI display languages:

• You are the lucky user of Windows Ultimate/Enterprise
• Upgrade your edition to Ultimate - purchase a Windows Anytime Upgrade
• Get a Windows installation DVD in different language and do a clean install of Windows
  (you can use Windows Easy Transfer for all your data and settings)
• Make your own Multilanguage Windows DVD and do a clean install of Windows
• Use Vistalizator in Windows Vista or Windows 7 and install languages in a few minutes
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• Installing new language step by step

  1. Run Vistalizator, allow UAC prompt if requested (it is enabled by default).
  
  
  
  2. Press Add languages and open language pack(s): MUI (*.exe, *.cab) or LIP (*.mlc).
  
  
  
  3. Wait for the language pack to be loaded, its integrity will be verified as well.
  
  
  
  4. You may optionally change the installation mode in the table. Then press Install language(s).
  
  
  
  5. Wait for the installation process to complete: Express or Internal mode.
  
  
  
  
  
  6. Confirm to change the current display language to the new language (can be done later).
  
  
  
  7. Express languages usually need to be updated after the very installation (steps 7-10).
  
  
  
  8. Press Update languages: the list of necessary updates is shown, see details in Help.
  
  
  
  9. If applicable: Download and open the required Windows update standalone installer within Vistalizator.
  
  10. All necessary Express languages will be updated within a few seconds.
  
  11. Exit program to restart the system for the changes to take effect (new display language).
  
  
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