Where do I download Windows Vista language packs? The recommended method is via Windows Update, per Windows Vista integrated help or the online help here: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/35a1b021-d96c-49a5-8d8f-5e9d64ab5ecc1033.mspx Please scroll down for Vista Service Pack 1 MUI’s. - ——————— Click to open Windows Update. In the left pane, click Check for updates, and then wait while Windows looks for the latest updates for your computer. If any updates are found, click View available updates. Select the MUI that you want, and then click Install updates. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. - —- However, if you do not have any updates, or if, for me, you have updates but it never displays any MUI’s, you have to look for it. Keep in mind that installing MUI’s is very slow compared to Windows XP. Per this link from Ars Technica: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/99609816/m/855006884831 MUI’s in order - Chinese ( PRC ) Chinese (Hong Kong SAR ) English Spanish Swedish Japanese Portuguese (Brazil) Norwegian Dutch Finnish French- Russian German Danish Korean Italian 16 32 bit packs: www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-zh-cn_ac12404fd3350e08ba766c9ab774eb61ecfa7a45.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-zh-hk_b485acb744566b62d9cde2464f64068882d97d2d.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-en-us_c38cb05f3146b642c95743633998808fa5229875.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-es-es_a163c4bbc9c34f2e299c057ef8861f0fa3d8a76d.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-sv-se_0bb9314bb33c9c0cae897bd34147e14e11daa3b5.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-ja-jp_f563d5c82a3a156fc764fb78dc25cde8856dc251.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-pt-br_86694c7aba41372e04da9d45ce40309a3141a9e3.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-nb-no_751c84a87022d16f8270116727fbcdeb4efc841a.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-nl-nl_6ed633b7ecd8a8ae26d4196010912ae6e4ca804a.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-fi-fi_cb28440f6b925a98432acc92e59b51fbccdc5169.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-fr-fr_c5197c4631ff183b3a315f2187a6f02856bb697c.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-ru-ru_56e37b9fa209bf0334d8813372636b58744b1d3b.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-de-de_129e9e10085876706cf81f9949c31a6d9ea0a231.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-da-dk_f619cf28316a0cf623e1ef9a2e5fab630302a921.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-ko-kr_3339e4062ccbac56eed8a773024c0ffb847853d0.exe www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-it-it_4e18e2e79d2c77d1a1efd45eef86a54bf5f117ab.exe 16 64 bit packs: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-zh-cn_c7a1440a03f226a8ada96d05fc4005672360b7e8.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-zh-hk_d5566545afb858c3187e26d2d146d637aafeb1a7.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-en-us_a26f55943f01c1ce94c60d8d276b71a1279b785a.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-es-es_c0d6ad4877e4070ac6c56d3779f11097b0474b05.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-sv-se_d39e406d29d8b6dd731721a6016964263b649223.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-ja-jp_b0a3ce38426e0a4214a0c65476fe627e2f9017b0.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-pt-br_6196e1a16c11d0790f07c4bdebf6cf493ba389c2.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-nb-no_edbdac0a00118fe2113115b24319b009078e9d7b.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-nl-nl_d70eeabdf121b18b51fabcda75831ca8b7cef3f3.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-fi-fi_5e849137665b2e505f78b397f6db63dd7cc67048.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-fr-fr_19aa2eb3524742dd3617c4a930b435aa7b3e2c37.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-ru-ru_079c1214fe16627a1759530bb3cd63a269e9a352.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-de-de_2ecd8315fcc93731c126cc8de2dc077c3a2f8bd1.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-da-dk_d642f36bd4aeb50bee1bb9db29f67a75500a6f2f.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-ko-kr_86fb0badb0f282a2b2e154dca33bee4f36f4a21f.exe http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/lp-it-it_f37ed5378767169fdfea712c7a22aec1c3deb09c.exe - ——————— For Vista Service Pack 1, this is a partial list of a much more comprehensive one originally from: http://techblissonline.com/vista-sp1-mui-multilingual-user-interface-64bit-x64-language-packs-download-free/ x64 versions: Chinese (simplified): http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-zh-cn_715b7879c7fa04bc8fef8f7da5d25cd3d4ac33d3.exe French: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-fr-fr_6f6013466e73fdd53d3b05afc29035c8717a7f72.exe German: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-de-de_6dcf03abddc251cca859599c87f421c8df61951f.exe Italian: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-it-it_beeda327848b3b587e02fa7fc820e2db7832c5b8.exe Japanese: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-it-it_beeda327848b3b587e02fa7fc820e2db7832c5b8.exe Korean: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-ko-kr_35b007d62bb85d77563c9c4c7f10fb4b62e5d8c1.exe Portuguese (Brazil): http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-pt-br_551c62dd870c460d9037f1688f6ccfe962c9dcd1.exe Russian: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-ru-ru_3e442c42f8bae5801178bf42ae7d5141d8190db7.exe Spanish: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-es-es_ab98cfd30ecf2937d9151a51bafd6183eab03e2b.exe 32-bit versions: Chinese (simplified): http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-zh-cn_f59ef0c461e6ab07aa10364fb7476ecdbfac8087.exe French: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-fr-fr_465046f5bdfc4298fc50eb319091c2b0a3b38972.exe German: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-de-de_9d639d8497f912f5c1d9f213eb5f842681a5a518.exe Italian: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-it-it_ab4a758ef378c57a27fc379daea60141f418a2fa.exe Japanese: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-ja-jp_838e72b9b4c1d046199bb0a16df22dc54de78b78.exe Korean: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-ko-kr_30d39777bd7a89e04bf82a0872f0715fc0e2829b.exe Portuguese (Brazil): http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-pt-br_9965ec113186503c771429fa967e8aab845b36fc.exe Russian: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-ru-ru_479d878f3cf33422dd4271be26d18b4a86ffb858.exe Spanish: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/updt/2008/04/lp-es-es_90e8fbb6a08844cca3d6298de5bedbaae278e4ff.exe