Do you really need all of those language packs?

re: Do you really need all of those language packs?

vivek — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:17:59 GMT

thank you

re: Do you really need all of those language packs?

tam — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:33:03 GMT

What the heck it is, and if we should ever wait for it to finish. It's not even in the windows internals book.

re: Do you really need all of those language packs?

joscon [Microsoft] — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:33:21 GMT

I can work on something tam, what kind of information are you looking for?

re: Do you really need all of those language packs?

tam — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:50:06 GMT

You can uninstall the language packs with lpksetup, but then you have to wait for trustedinstaller to wake up and do its scavenging, which could take several hours. Trustedinstaller would make a nice subject for a post.

re: Do you really need all of those language packs?

tam — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:57:27 GMT

Installing all the language packs is a common practice in a public lab. I wish the Cryptography Service didn't verify the catroot on every boot, or use a lower priority i/o.

re: Do you really need all of those language packs?

joscon [Microsoft] — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:22:24 GMT

@Ark;

I agree with your sentiment here. However, it wouldnt be prudent of us to control what you can and cant install, so hiding them from users (while it might be my personal preference at times) , isnt really an "open" solution.

I like the idea of select all, that would be easier. I'll speak to some folks about that.

--Joseph

re: Do you really need all of those language packs?

Ark-kun — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:10:36 GMT

Lots of of language packs are optional updates. Do you think that "You have 37 optional updates" message is of any use to the user?

I don't like that as I install all optional updates.

To hide the language packs I need to click each one and hide them.

It's much easier for the end user to tick "Select All" and install all the packs to stop the nagging numbers.

You need to create a separate user interface feature for the language pack installation.

P.S. You would also have to integrate the Visual Studio Extension Manager with the Windows Update at some point in future.

re: Do you really need all of those language packs?

joscon [Microsoft] — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:51:01 GMT

Unfortunately, no. You can try using lpksetup inside of WinRE to roll them out but its my experience that they dont come out cleanly because of the offline state of the store.

re: Do you really need all of those language packs?

harlandejohnson — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:31:56 GMT

OK, I didn't pay attention and installed SP1 probably with all of the language packs (I don't remember) -- any way to safely remove the ones I don't need? Win 7 Pro SP1

re: Do you really need all of those language packs?

joscon [Microsoft] — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:57:37 GMT

Sure thing, glad to help.