[mdt] Add Russian Support during imaging?

[kennysarmy]

I'm new to MDT and presently have just uploaded the base Windows 10 LTSB WIM file and worked out how to use WDS to deploy it out on test Windows 10 PC's.

 

Our languages department require the Russian language to be installed so they can type in Russian, on Windows 7 I created a shortcut so they could access "Region and Language"

 

Is it possible to add Russian language support to my deployment without creating a custom image?

[Arthur]

www.scconfigmgr.com/2016/03/02/install-language-packs-when-creating-a-windows-10-reference-image/

[kennysarmy]

www.scconfigmgr.com/2016/03/02/install-language-packs-when-creating-a-windows-10-reference-image/

 

Great, I could n't find anything documented. I'll have a go at this soon and report back.

 

Cheers

[kennysarmy]

OK.

 

So I found this page of downloads for language packs: Windows 10 build 10240 MUI Language Packs Cab Files x86-x64

 

Windows 10 Build 10240 RTM MSDN - Page 5 - Software Updates - nsane.forums

 

I've downloaded the X64 one for RU RU (as I need Russian) - this one lp_a24e9d0796964b5986f560534b20654702511798.cab

 

I've imported as a package in to my workbench and it states the language is RO RO.

 

?

[kennysarmy]

Ha!

 

Ok so I downloaded the next one in the list for RW RW and guess what - it was the RU RU one....

[kennysarmy]

I'm struggling to follow the instructions to put the language package in my OS deployment...

[Arthur]

I'm struggling to follow the instructions to put the language package in my OS deployment...

Which part specifically?

[kennysarmy]

Which part specifically?

 

I think it's OK - I was expecting to see the tick box to include Russian earlier in the sequence than it actually appears.

 

Just doing a test image now...

[kennysarmy]

I think it's OK - I was expecting to see the tick box to include Russian earlier in the sequence than it actually appears.

 

Just doing a test image now...

 

FAIL

 

PC imaged and I've logged in and in Control Panel -> Clock, Language and Region -> Language : it only lists English (United Kingdom)

 

Could it be something in my customsettings.ini which looks like this:

 

[settings]

Priority=Default

Properties=MyCustomProperty

 

[Default]

OSInstall=Y

SkipCapture=NO

SkipAdminPassword=YES

SkipProductKey=YES

SkipComputerBackup=NO

SkipBitLocker=NO

SkipTimeZone=YES

TimeZoneName=GMT Standard Time

SkipUserData=YES

SkipLocaleSelection=YES

UILanguage=en-GB

InputLocale=en-GB

SystemLocale=en-GB

UserLocale=en-GB

KeyboardLocale=en-GB

SkipBitLocker=YES

 

 

 

My bootstrap.ini looks like this:

 

[settings]

Priority=Default

 

[Default]

SkipBDDWelcome=YES

DeployRoot=\\FP6\DeploymentShare$

UserID=admin

UserDomain=curriculum.local

UserPassword=xxxxxx

KeyboardLocalePE=0809:00000809

KeyboardLocale=en-GB;0809:00000809

[kennysarmy]

I think I've got a solution to this.

 

I scrapped trying to add the language to the PC's and went back to how I have it working in Windows 7.

 

I created a shortcut to the control panel item Language and placed this on the students desktop.

 

I then amended my students lockdown policy :

 

User Configuration -> Policies -> Admistritive Templates -> Control Panel -> Policy -> Show only specified Control Panel items - UserLanguagesCpl.dll,-1

 

The students who require it can then add it as required.

[Arthur]

Could it be something in my customsettings.ini which looks like this:

Your customsettings.ini file is missing the LanguagePacks line. Replace the GUID shown below for LanguagePacks001 with the GUID for your Russian language pack (as mentioned in the article linked in post #2).

 

Each of the imported Language Packs have been given an unique ID, also known as GUID. To locate the GUID of each Language Pack, either expand the columns to show the GUID, or open up the Properties of each Language Pack, to give you the ability to copy the GUID.

 

By the way, SkipBitLocker is listed twice with contradictory values.

 

[settings]
Priority=Default
Properties=MyCustomProperty

[Default]
OSInstall=Y
SkipCapture=NO
SkipAdminPassword=YES
SkipProductKey=YES
SkipComputerBackup=NO
[color="#800080"]SkipBitLocker=NO[/color]
SkipTimeZone=YES
TimeZoneName=GMT Standard Time
SkipUserData=YES
SkipLocaleSelection=YES
UILanguage=en-GB
InputLocale=en-GB
SystemLocale=en-GB
UserLocale=en-GB
KeyboardLocale=en-GB 
[color="#800080"]SkipBitLocker=YES[/color]

[color="#FF0000"]LanguagePacks001=[/color][color="#4B0082"]{3af4e3ce-8122-41a2-9cf9-892145521660}[/color]

 

You may find these links useful too...

 

https://scriptimus.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/mdt-2010-sample-customsettings-ini-for-fully-automated-deployments

https://mdtguy.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/mdt-customsettings-ini-tips-tricks

http://trekker.net/archives/create-a-mostly-automated-reference-image-in-mdt-part-3

Edited June 3, 2016 by Arthur

[Arthur]

My bootstrap.ini looks like this:

en-GB is listed twice for KeyboardLocale since 0809:00000809 is the hexadecimal code for en-GB.

 

[settings]
Priority=Default

[Default]
SkipBDDWelcome=YES
DeployRoot=\\FP6\DeploymentShare$
UserID=admin
UserDomain=curriculum.local
UserPassword=xxxxxx
KeyboardLocalePE=0809:00000809
KeyboardLocale=[color="#FF0000"]en-GB;0809:00000809[/color]

 

As you are adding a Russian language pack you could try changing it to...

 

KeyboardLocale=0809:00000809;0419:00000419

 

or

 

KeyboardLocale=en-GB;ru-RU