About Windows 7 SP1 MUI Language Packs MUI stands for Multilingual User Interface. There are full (100%) and partial (80% according to Microsoft) MUI language packs. Under Choose a display language, click in the list box and select the language you want to have displayed. Click Apply and then OK. You will be prompted to Log off now. Do so then log back in. That’s it, you are now operating in Windows 7 using a different language. When you are ready to change back to another language, just reopen the Region.
Has your Windows 7 operating system been upgraded to Windows 7 Service Pack 1 ( abbr: SP1) ? If the answer is “not yet”, then you should not download those language packs because they are for Windows 7 SP1. To download language packs for Windows 7 RTM, please read: Windows 7 Language Packs (RTM MUI, Direct Download Links from Windows Update).
The Multilingual User Interface (MUI) language packs for Windows 7 SP1 have been released by Microsoft at February 22, 2011 (Reference:KB2483139). Here are the official direct download links for Windows 7 SP1 MUI language packs, you can use them for changing Windows display language.
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Firstly, you must find out what is the system type (32-bit or 64-bit) of your operating system, make sure that conform with the operating system before downloading the language packs. If you don't know how to find it, here is a step-by-step illustrate tutorial that can help you a lot.
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Download 64-bit (x64) Windows 7 SP1 MUI Language Packs
| Language | Download Link | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Download | 66.87 MB |
| Bulgarian | Download | 49.44 MB |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Download | 166.5 MB |
| Chinese (Traditional) | Download | 187.4 MB |
| Croatian | Download | 54.71 MB |
| Czech | Download | 65.5 MB |
| Danish | Download | 59.54 MB |
| Dutch | Download | 63.18 MB |
| English | Download | 163.57 MB |
| Estonian | Download | 46.88 MB |
| Finnish | Download | 64.42 MB |
| French | Download | 103.68 MB |
| German | Download | 123.48 MB |
| Greek | Download | 64.61 MB |
| Hebrew | Download | 55.9 MB |
| Hungarian | Download | 62.17 MB |
| Italian | Download | 60.33 MB |
| Japanese | Download | 123.35 MB |
| Korean | Download | 81.61 MB |
| Latvian | Download | 44.01 MB |
| Lithuanian | Download | 48.48 MB |
| Norwegian | Download | 66.27 MB |
| Polish | Download | 66.86 MB |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Download | 63.39 MB |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Download | 63.37 MB |
| Romanian | Download | 53.1 MB |
| Russian | Download | 67.47 MB |
| Serbian (Latin) | Download | 56.86 MB |
| Slovak | Download | 48.27 MB |
| Slovenian | Download | 47.94 MB |
| Spanish | Download | 108.87 MB |
| Swedish | Download | 63.26 MB |
| Thai | Download | 49.79 MB |
| Turkish | Download | 56.65 MB |
| Ukrainian | Download | 50.96 MB |
Download 32-bit (x86) Windows 7 SP1 MUI Language Packs
| Language | Download Link | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Download | 51.17 MB |
| Bulgarian | Download | 40.7 MB |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Download | 144.29 MB |
| Chinese (Traditional) | Download | 116.11 MB |
| Croatian | Download | 46.15 MB |
| Czech | Download | 53.66 MB |
| Danish | Download | 48.37 MB |
| Dutch | Download | 51.9 MB |
| English | Download | 155.75 MB |
| Estonian | Download | 38.57 MB |
| Finnish | Download | 53.04 MB |
| French | Download | 91.82 MB |
| German | Download | 111.74 MB |
| Greek | Download | 51.97 MB |
| Hebrew | Download | 44.39 MB |
| Hungarian | Download | 50.7 MB |
| Italian | Download | 49.17 MB |
| Japanese | Download | 100.47 MB |
| Korean | Download | 57.35 MB |
| Latvian | Download | 35.57 MB |
| Lithuanian | Download | 39.98 MB |
| Norwegian | Download | 55.32 MB |
| Polish | Download | 55.16 MB |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Download | 51.7 MB |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Download | 51.98 MB |
| Romanian | Download | 44.87 MB |
| Russian | Download | 54.49 MB |
| Serbian (Latin) | Download | 48.24 MB |
| Slovak | Download | 39.97 MB |
| Slovenian | Download | 39.42 MB |
| Spanish | Download | 97.46 MB |
| Swedish | Download | 51.93 MB |
| Thai | Download | 41.28 MB |
| Turkish | Download | 45.37 MB |
| Ukrainian | Download | 42.29 MB |
How to use Windows 7 SP1 MUI Language Packs?
Lastly, after you have downloaded them, just double click the .exe file and then follow the steps in the installation process until installation is complete. If you have any question in how to change Windows 7 language, here is a step-by-step tutorial ready for you.
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We now live in a global village, if we want to become better than others, learning the second or the third language should be required, it can make us more competitive in our career. The best way to learn a new language is to make an environment full of that, how to do it? According to a recent statistics of Global Stats in January 2011, all versions of Windows in the usage share of operating systems is 91.53 percent, Windows 7 has 29.12 percent in the statistics, I guess you are one of the Windows users, am I right?
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Take me for example, I am Chinese, but change my Windows language to English, changing the Windows language interface is the best way I suggest to make an environment for learning new language. So, no matter what is your purpose, you may like to change the Windows 7 language, there are two ways to switch current language to another language. The first is to download Windows 7 language pack, the second is to install language pack via Windows Update.
Language Pack Windows 7 Download
Download Windows 7 Language Pack
As simple as title says, the Windows 7 language pack can be downloaded from official Windows Update site. A total of 35 language packs include Arabic, Bulgarian ,Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonia, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Ukrainian.
PCDIY puts those download links on another post and make them to be neat and tidy for easy viewing. For downloading, please read: Windows 7 Language Packs (RTM MUI, Direct Download Links from Windows Update). After clicking the download link of the specific language, a windows pop up asking to open, save or cancel. Please save the file on disk because the file size is bigger than 150 MB.
After double clicking the file, the installation will begin to process.
In this step, the installation is complete, in the following steps, go into the Control Panel and find the regional settings and change them.
Change Display Language in Windows 7
The two screenshots are the same but it is a little different in “View by” option, see below:
Select the “View by” option to “Large icons”, there is an item called “Region and Language” and this is the place you can change the current windows display language to another language.
Select the “View by” option to “Category”, there is an item called “Change Display Language” and this place is the same as the last image.
For example, the Chinese language pack has been installed, so it can be chosen now.
Install Language Pack via Windows Update
It is easiest way to install language pack for Windows7, see image B-3, there is an “Install/uninstall language” button under “Display language” section, click the button, and then follow the steps.
Language packs are available only in Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise, if you are not using either one of both, the Display language section will not be visible. Lastly, changing this setting requires a reboot of the machine, this setting will not take effect until the machine is rebooted.