One of the extra features provided by Windows Vista Ultimate (and Enterprise) is multiple language capability. As Walker News points out, these Multilingual User Interface (MUI) packages, which have been available through Windows Update for some time, are now available on the web for direct download. The downloads are in the 200MB range each, all 36 32-bit versions are listed below.

The Walker News website has info that suggests the packs can be installed on other versions of Vista. I tried installing two on Vista Premium and found this not to be the case. The supposed workaround to make it work likely only allows the MUI to be used like a Language Interface Pack (LIP), which only allows one language, and a ‘parent’ language to fall back on should the LIP not include a required translation. This could still be useful for some, as my search for LIPs for Vista has yet to turn up any downloadable files.

• German Language Pack
• Ukrainian Language Pack
• Swedish Language Pack
• Thai Language Pack
• Turkish Language Pack
• Slovenian Language Pack
• Croatian Language Pack
• Japanese Language Pack
• Lithuanian Language Pack
• Russian Language Pack
• Portuguese (Brazil) Language Pack
• Slovak Language Pack
• Bulgarian Language Pack
• Finnish Language Pack
• Portuguese (Portugal) Language Pack
• French Language Pack
• Estonian Language Pack
• Hungarian Language Pack
• Romanian Language Pack
• Greek Language Pack
• Latvian Language Pack
• Spanish Language Pack
• Czech Language Pack
• Italian Language Pack
• Serbian (Latin) Language Pack
• Dutch Language Pack
• Arabic Language Pack
• Danish Language Pack
• Norwegian Language Pack
• Hebrew Language Pack
• Polish Language Pack
• Korean Language Pack
• Chinese (PRC) Language Pack
• Chinese (Hong Kong SAR) Language Pack