MS language pack not writing in Ukrainian for students

[sparker1977]

We have recently installed the MS language pack on one of our laptops for our Ukrainian student and whilst it all seems to work perfectly when a staff member logs in, when a student does the same it will not write in the selected language (in word). Have tried changing the option in word and setting the preferred language, also checked all group policies which all appear to be the same for both staff and students. Even set the student account up as local admin and moved them to the staff OU but it still won't work. The strange thing is when staff log in, on the desktop in the bottom right corner there is an option to change language, however this is not present when a student logs in. We are now bashing our head's against the wall as nothing we do works. Has ]anyone out there got any idea what we are missing?? Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks

[LukeRowberry]

I'd probably start with a gpresult when logged in as both users and try and find the difference

[sparker1977]

Thanks will give that a go and see the results

[sparker1977]

Luke Rowberry thanks for the advice, unfortunately no difference in result between myself and student

[LukeRowberry]

Can you post a copy of the gpresult as a student? feel free to remove any org specific details

[RLR]

I've been looking into language stuff recently as we've been asked to allow our students learning chinese to be able to switch between it. Struggling to find any decent information as it all seems to change depending on which version of Windows you're using.

 

The best thing I have found is powershell commands that might help.

 

Installing a language via powershell:

Install-Language zh-CN

 

View which languages are installed:

Get-WinUserLanguageList

 

Set the windows language list. Languages can be installed but not part of the list. This will set the languelist to en-GB and zh-CN

Set-WinUserLanguageList -LanguageList en-GB,zh-CN

 

A way to automate this is maybe use a login script and run several commands:

$OldList = Get-WinUserLanguageList

$OldList.Add("zh-CN")

Set-WinUserLanguageList -LanguageList $OldList

[kennysarmy]

I've been looking into language stuff recently as we've been asked to allow our students learning chinese to be able to switch between it. Struggling to find any decent information as it all seems to change depending on which version of Windows you're using.

 

The best thing I have found is powershell commands that might help.

 

Installing a language via powershell:

Install-Language zh-CN

 

View which languages are installed:

Get-WinUserLanguageList

 

Set the windows language list. Languages can be installed but not part of the list. This will set the languelist to en-GB and zh-CN

Set-WinUserLanguageList -LanguageList en-GB,zh-CN

 

A way to automate this is maybe use a login script and run several commands:

$OldList = Get-WinUserLanguageList

$OldList.Add("zh-CN")

Set-WinUserLanguageList -LanguageList $OldList

 

 

When I try to install Ukraine I get the following error

 

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Install-Language uk-UA

 

Install-Language : Failed to install language. ErrorCode: -2147418113. Please try again.

At line:1 char:1

+ Install-Language uk-UA

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : NotInstalled: ( [install-Language], Exception

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : FailedToInstallLanguage,Microsoft.LanguagePackManagement.Powershell.Commands.InstallLanguage

[DavR]

From my experience, language packs need to be installed per user, not per machine.

 

Off the top of my head I don't remember where the language packs come from, though. Do they need Windows update access to fetch them, somewhere along the way?