Recently there was a need to add the Russian language for Windows 8.1. Unfortunately, the Internet was not available on the Windows 8.1 computer, so the task required installing the Windows 8.1 language pack offline. All language pack installation instructions required an internet connection. I did not find the possibility to download the language pack from the official site. Below I will write how to get the Russian language for Windows 8.1 and how to install it on a computer without access to the Internet. If you do not want to read multi-letters, then at the end of the article there is a link to the language pack file and a command to install it offline.
To accomplish this task, I used a virtual machine on my computer, on which pure English Windows 8.1 was installed. Naturally, this computer has Internet access. Immediately after installing Windows, you can start getting a language pack, which will later be transferred to a computer where the Internet is not available.
When you have the language pack file on your computer, you just have to copy it to a USB flash drive and take it to the computer on which you need to Russify Windows 8.1.
To Russify Windows 8.1 without an Internet connection and with an offline language pack file, you must:
In order for everything in each new profile to be in Russian, you must:
To install, place the file in the C:\install folder and run the command Dism /online /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\install\lp.cab
Russification of Windows is required if an operating system in a foreign language is installed on the computer. The situations can be different: the computer was bought abroad (naturally, there is no Russian language there), the user independently installed the operating system on the PC in English (or any other) language, etc.
Unfortunately, not everyone is fluent in foreign languages. Therefore, for full-fledged work, the user will need to install the Russian language on Windows in order to change the Windows interface language.
How to change the Windows language to Russian? To do this, you need to download and install the Russian language pack in the operating room to localize the system. After the installation of the language pack is completed, Windows will run in Russian.
In this article, we will look at the process of Russification of Windows 10. The process of downloading and installing the Russian language pack takes place directly from the system settings: using online and offline installation.
Russification of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 proceeds according to the following algorithm (in Windows 10, a similar procedure):
- download the Russian language pack by launching the download from the system settings, or by following the link https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14236/language-packs
- install Russian language pack
- enter Windows settings, select Russian as the main language of the operating system
- restart your computer
In this article, I will tell you how to change the language of Windows 10 to Russian in an operating system (Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB), which does not have a Russian interface language by default. In other editions of Windows 10, the Russification process proceeds in a similar way.
How to set the Russian interface language in Windows 10 (1 way)
In the Windows 10 operating system, go to the Start menu, click on "Setting" (Parameters). In the "Setting" option window, select the "Time & language" section.
In the settings window, open "Region & language" (Region and language). In the "Languages" section, click on the "Add a language" button.
In the "Add a language" window, select the Russian language (Russian, Russian).
After that, the Russian language will appear in the list of added languages in second place. The Russian language has not yet been downloaded and installed on Windows.
Highlight "Russian", three buttons will appear in the language area. Click on the "Options" button.
After that, the Russian language settings window will open. Here it is proposed to download the Russian language pack for Windows 10, enable full support for the letter “ё” (by default, this feature is disabled in Russian Windows builds), download the voice pack, add a keyboard.
Click on the "Download" button to download and install the Russian language.
After that, the download and installation of the Russian language pack on your computer will begin. This process will take some time.
After the installation of the Russian language is completed, a message will appear in the language settings: “Language pack installed” (The language pack is installed).
Enter "Region & language", select "Russian", click on the button "Set as default" (Use as the main language).
After that, the Russian language will move to the first place in the list of supported languages. This means that the Russian language will be used by default in the Windows 10 operating system.
Restart your computer. After starting, you will see that the Windows 10 interface is in Russian.
Russification of Windows 10 (2 way)
For the second option to install the Russian language in Windows 10, you will need a pre-downloaded Russian language pack. A localized language pack in the form of a file with the ".cab" extension must match the version and bitness of the operating system installed on the system computer.
- Enter the start menu, run command prompt as administrator.
- In the command line interpreter window, type the command "lpksetup" (without quotes), press the "Enter" key.
- In the window that opens, click on the "Install display languages" button.
- In the next window, you must select the path to the Russian language pack that was previously downloaded to your computer. Use the "Browse" button to select the ".cab" file, and then click the "Next" button.
- Next, accept the terms of the license agreement.
- Then the process of installing the Russian language on the computer will begin.
- After completing the installation of the language pack, enter the system settings, in the "Setting" window, in the "Region & language" option, in the "Languages" section, click on the "Add a language" button, and then select the Russian language in the window that opens.
- Return to the “Region & language” settings, under the Russian language item you will see the message “Language pack installed” (the language pack is installed).
- Select "Russian", and then click on the "Set as default" button that appears. The Russian language will move to the top of the list of installed languages.
- Restart your computer.
- The Windows 10 operating system will boot in Russian.
Article Conclusions
If the computer is running Windows in a foreign language, the user can install Russian on Windows 10 in order to change the interface language of the operating system to their native or desired language.
This article covers manual installation of language packs for Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise and Professional. In the Ultimate and Enterprise editions, language packs can be installed as an additional update through the "Update Center" or installed manually, but in Professional there is no such possibility. This topic will discuss the option of installing language packs manually. This will require a pre-downloaded file. win7_lp-XX_x86.cab, where XX - package language.
Installing a Language Pack in Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise
- Click Start, then - Control Panel.
- Language and regional standards.
- tab languages and keyboards, Further Install or remove language...
- Set the interface language.
- Click the button Overview of a computer or network, to find and install the package(s) manually.
- Locate the folder that contains the language pack.
- Click on the button Further.
- Check "I accept the terms of the license" and click on the button Further.
- When finished, click the button Further.
- If you want to immediately switch to a new interface language, then select it from the list of available languages, click the button Change display language. Also check Apply the new display language on the system welcome screen. If you don't want to change anything, just click close.
Installing a language pack in Windows 7 Professional
Since such a function as in Ultimate and Enterprise is not available in this case, you will have to do otherwise.
- Run command prompt as administrator.
- We do:
DISM /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath:<Папка, содержащая файл lp.cab>
bcdedit /set (current) locale
bcdboot %WinDir% /l - Then, in the same command line, launch the registry editor by running the command regedit.
- Opening the section
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MUI\UILanguages - Delete en-US and restart the system.
Ready! There are 36 language packs in total. Set what you want and enjoy!
Quite often, novice users experience problems with Russification of Windows 7. There are several nuances here. There are differences in the Russification of various versions of Window 7. The most simple and understandable process Russification of Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate.
First you need to download the Russian language pack for Windows 7, the easiest way is to use the Microsoft update service. Why do you need to go to Start › All Programs › Windows Update. From the Windows Update interface, you need to start downloading and installing the Russian localization package. This is the easiest and safest way to Russify Windows.
Russian localization packages for Windows 7 can be downloaded from the Microsoft website and installed manually. You must download the localization pack according to the bitness of your OS and the installed Service Pack.
Russian language Windows 7 without SP1(KB972813):
Russian language for Windows 7 with established Sservice Pack 1(KB2483139): As a reminder, I already wrote a note about where you can
To Russify the Windows 7 Enterprise or Ultimate interface, you need to go to the control panel (Start Menu -> Control Panel) and select the Clock, Language and Region item.
This form has an Install / Uninstall Languages button, by clicking on which you will go to the Windows 7 interface language setup wizard. In the wizard that appears, you can Russify the system, for which you will need to specify the downloaded file. cab with Russian MUI Windows 7, and select the installation of the Russian interface language.
In the event that your version of windows 7 is not the maximum (not Ultimate or Enteprise), then windows 7 Language Pack will have to be installed manually.
To do this, launch the command prompt (cmd) with administrator rights and execute the following commands:
DISM /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath:"D:\Downloads\ru-RU\lp.cab" bcdedit /set (current) locale ru-RU bcdboot %WinDir% /l ru-RU
Where, D:\Downloads\en-RU\ is the path to the folder where you unpacked the downloaded language packs. This folder should contain the lp.cab localization file.
Then we launch the registry editor (regedit), go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/MUI/UILanguages branch and delete the en-US parameter, after which the computer needs to be restarted.
After booting up the computer, you will receive a Russified version of Windows 7 .
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When working with a computer in special cases, you need to change the language of its interface. This cannot be done without installing the appropriate language pack. Let's find out how to change the language on a Windows 7 computer.
The procedure for installing a language pack in Windows 7 can be divided into three steps:
There are two installation methods: automatic and manual. In the first case, the language pack is downloaded through the Update Center, and in the second, a file downloaded or transferred by other means to the computer is installed. Now let's look at each of these options in more detail.
In order to download the required language pack, you need to go to "Windows Update".
- Click Menu "Start". Go to "Control Panel".
- Next, go to the section "System and safety".
- In the window that appears, click on the inscription "Windows Update".
- In the opened shell "Update Center" click on the caption "Optional Updates...".
- A window opens for available but not installed optional updates. We are interested in the group "Windows Language Packs". This is where the language packs are located. Check the box for the object or several options that you want to install on your PC. click OK.
- After that you will be transferred to the main window "Update Center". The number of selected updates will be displayed above the button "Install updates". To activate the download, click on the indicated button.
- The language pack is being downloaded. Information about the dynamics of this process is displayed in the same window as a percentage.
- After the language pack is downloaded to the computer, it is installed without user intervention. This procedure may take a considerable amount of time, but you can simultaneously perform other tasks on the PC.
Method 2: Manual installation
But not all users have the opportunity to use the Internet on a computer that needs to install the package. Also, not all possible language options are available through "Update Center". In this case, there is an option to use the manual installation of a language pack file previously downloaded and transferred to the target PC.
- Download the language pack from the official Microsoft website or transfer it to your computer in another way, for example, using a flash drive. It is worth noting that the Microsoft web resource only presents options that are not in "Update Center". When choosing, it is also important to consider the bit depth of your system.
- Now go to "Control Panel" through the menu "Start".
- Go to section "Hours, language and region".
- Next, click on the name "Language and regional standards".
- The localization settings management window is launched. Go to tab "Languages and Keyboard".
- In the block "Interface language" press "Install or remove language".
- In the window that opens, select an option "Set interface language".
- The installation method selection window is launched. click "Computer or Network Overview".
- In the new window, click "Review…".
- Tool opens "Browse files and folders". With it, go to the directory where the downloaded language pack with the MLC extension is located, select it and click OK.
- After that, the package name will be displayed in the window "Install or remove languages". Make sure there is a check mark next to it, and click "Further".
- In the next window, you need to agree to the license terms. To do this, set the radio button to "I accept the terms" and press "Further".
- Then it is proposed to familiarize yourself with the contents of the file Readme for the selected language pack, which is displayed in the same window. After reading, click "Further".
- After that, the package installation procedure starts directly, which can take a considerable amount of time. The duration depends on the file size and computing power of the computer. The dynamics of the installation is displayed using a graphical indicator.
- After the object is installed, the status will appear in front of it in the window for installing interface languages. "Completed". click "Further".
- After that, a window opens in which you can select the newly installed language pack as the computer's interface language. To do this, select its name and press "Change the display language of the interface". After restarting the PC, the selected language will be installed.
If you do not want to apply this package and change the language settings of the system yet, then just click the button "Close".
As you can see, the procedure for installing a language pack as a whole is intuitive, no matter how you act: through "Update centre" or through the language settings. Although, of course, when using the first option, the procedure is more automated and requires minimal user intervention. Thus, you have learned how to Russify Windows 7, or vice versa, translate it into a foreign language.
