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Windows 7 Beta Language Packs Important Note: Read this first

The information provided in this article only applies to Windows 7 Beta Language Packs. Windows 7 Beta Language Packs, for instance Dell Inspiron e1505 Battery, don’t work on later editions of Windows 7 like the Release Candidate (RC) or the RTM build which you find bundled with your new computer.

Windows 7 Language Packs for the official (public) Microsoft release (Release to Manufacturer, RTM) are covered in full details in these Bright Hub articles:

Understanding Windows 7 Language Packs: Introduction and Architecture Windows 7 Language Packs Details and Availability How to install a Windows 7 Language Pack How to install a Windows 7 Language Interface Pack

(To find all what you want to know about the Windows 7 Release Candidate Language Packs, including downloads for Windows 7 RC as well as Windows 7 RC Language Packs read Bright Hub’s article Windows 7 Release Candidate Language Packs and More.)

Introduction

Update 20 Nov. 2009: As Windows 7 has now officially been released we do no longer update the detail information about Windows 7 Beta. Yet, if you still run the Windows 7 Beta OS this article can be very helpful to you nonetheless.

Many people are looking for Windows 7 Beta in Spanish and French for example. As both languages are excluded from the Windows 7 Beta program they then turn to Windows 7 languages packs in the hope of finding Multilingual User Interface (MUI) packs and Language Interface Packs (LIPs) in their native tongue. They might download proper Windows 7 iso files with ambiguous names and file content only to find out that these objects are either corrupt or not at all language packs. Other localization efforts won’t work with leaked versions of Windows 7 Beta. This article will eliminate ambiguity and show you how to find and install the really existing language packs with recent download information including Windows 7 Beta operating systems.

Windows 7 Beta Languages

Microsoft restricted its Windows 7 Beta program to English (US), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Arabic, German, Japanese and Hindi (‘Windows 7 Beta languages’). In other words, there is no Windows 7 Beta operating system in Spanish, Portuguese, French toshiba laptop adapters, etc!

Windows 7 Beta MUI Language Packs

Only Windows 7 Beta languages are also available as Multilingual User Interface packs. Therefore, there is no MUI for any other major language, e.g. no Spanish language pack for Windows 7 Beta.

MUIs only run on Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise Edition, but Windows 7 Ultimate Beta does not yet provide optional language packs through Windows Update.

To install one or more MUIs on top of a Windows 7 parent language the build has to be an official Windows 7 Beta release like, for instance, 7000.0.081212-1400. Otherwise chances are high that the language pack won’t install HP Pavilion DV6 Battery!