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How to install Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Language Packs in 'Windows 2008'-based containers

Article ID: 6432 
Last Review: Nov,11 2009
Author: Kichigin Aleksey
Last updated by: Kichigin Aleksey APPLIES TO:
  • Virtuozzo Containers for Windows 4.5

Resolution

To be able successfully localize a container it is necessary to perform the following steps:

1. Stop the container if it is running:

   vzctl stop CT_ID

   where CT_ID is a numeric identifier of the container;

2. Increase disk size of the container as least to 1,5 Gb, if it has less size:

   vzctl set CTID --diskspace 1500000 --save

3. Start the container:

   vzctl start
CTID

   Note: It is important to restart the container before MUI language pack installation if the disk size is changed on running container.

4. Download corresponding image with required language:

   Windows 2008 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e9f6f200-cfaf-4516-8e96-e4d4750397ff&displaylang=en
   Windows 2008 SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3A7FB7A2-3519-495B-9BC5-2007082CA9A6&displaylang=en

5. Copy required language file to a folder into the container;

6. Open Regional and Language Options in Control Panel inside the container;

7. Click the Keyboard and Languages tab;

8. Under Display Language, click Install/uninstall languages, and then follow the steps. When it asks to point language pack's folder location set folder from step 5.

9. Finish installation and restart the conatiner.

Additional information

How to localize 'Windows 2003'-based containers refer to the following article:
http://kb.parallels.com/en/5598


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