You can use this method to expand and to apply the source and license files for a Windows Vista SP1 image. Keep reading →

This article describes an update package for Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) in Windows Vista. This package uses the postal code information that was released in September 2007 to update the Japanese postal code dictionary. The update information is based on data that is published by Japan Post and by the Ministry of Public Management in Japan.

Consider the following scenario:

• You have the 2007 Microsoft Office system installed on a computer that is running the Korean or Japanese version of Windows Vista.
• You try to insert a chart in a 2007 Office document. For example, you try to do this in a Microsoft Office Word 2007 document.

In this scenario, Microsoft Office Excel 2007 starts automatically. When you exit Excel 2007 and return to the original program, the Input Method Editor (IME) language bar disappears. Therefore, you cannot input anything other than English-language characters.

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If you’re running any language packs outside of the 5 main ones, you’ll have to wait on SP1 until the language packs for it are ready. Keep reading →

In the Italian version of Windows Vista, the following line of text is longer than the width of the Color Management settings dialog box:

Impostazione predefinita di sistema (Profilo Sistema colori Windows per condizioni di visualizzazione sRGB)

Color Management settings

Note: This behavior occurs only in the Italian version of Windows Vista.

When you run a script to perform a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) query for TCP/IP ports on a computer that is running a non-English version of Windows Vista, the query results may be empty. This issue occurs even if TCP/IP ports are installed on the computer. The issue causes the script to be unable to detect the installed TCP/IP ports.

Additionally, you may encounter some function failure. For example, you may be unable to install a printer by using a script that resembles the following script to install a printer:

SELECT * FROM Win32_TCPIPPrinterPort

Note: The issue does not occur on a computer that is running the English version of Windows Vista.

After you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), the language pack that you want is not available when you click View available updates in the Windows Update item in Control Panel.

Note: Language packs are available only for Windows Vista Ultimate.

On a computer that is running the English version of Windows Vista, the Manage-bde.wsf script does not display non-English characters in the output in the Command Prompt window.

This article contains a hotfix that can reinstall a corrupted language pack on a Windows Vista-based computer. Additionally, this hotfix resolves the problems that are caused by a corrupted language pack.

A corrupted language pack may cause one or more of the following problems

• The Windows Update console is not displayed, and the Windows Update program does not run correctly.
• You cannot install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Release Candidate (RC) on the computer.
• You cannot add the ActiveX Installer Service (AxIS) in Windows Vista.

Note: You may also experience additional problems that are not listed here.