Deploy Maori language pack

Was bored and decided to have a go at this and these are my results

This is confirmed as working (on my end at least) with Win 10 x64 1809

Ok, so the language pack I installed was downloaded from

http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/updt/2018/04/lp_101911e1c873a255503e9fc32c8c61448fabdae4.cab

Add LIP to image

2 methods to do this. First one is to add to a WIM before deployment via MDT/SCCM/OtherApp but id probably just add it as a step to the task sequence so that you dont have to add it every time a new WIM is used

DISM /online /add-package /packagepath:.\FolderPath

You then need to either Powershell the language default settings or set the optional language via an unattend.xml file

Unattend.xml File

You can set the language via the specialize part in an unattend.xml file. The settings i use for en-nz are

InputLocale 1409:00000409 (New Zealand)
SystemLocale: en-NZ
UI Language: en-US
UILanguageFallback:
UserLocale: en-NZ

So you would have to play around with finding the correct settings for maori as default. My guess would be setting Userlocale mi-latn but probably a trial and error on your behalf.

InputLocale 0481:00000481 (Maori)

Powershell - Set Language

##This will add Maori as an optional language in your OS Language Settings.

$LangList = get-winuserlanguagelist
$LangList.add("mi-latn")
set-winuserlanguagelist -language $LangList

## This next command will set the default language

set-winuilanguageoverride -language mi-latn ##change it to en-nz if you want english as default and maori as option

Powershell - Checks

The following command will list installed language packs in your current image (use /image-path if its an offline image). Do this to test if the files are installed.

dism /online /get-intl /english

This command lists the languages set (same as looking at languages via settings in Win10)

get-winuserlanguagelist

NOTES!!!

You do need a restart after set-winuilanguageoveride command. So script a restart in your task sequence for this to take effect.

Deployment

Obviously this is taken from the point of view that you are using this during a task sequence during the building of laptop/desktop. If you want to roll out to an already existing fleet (ie via SCCM) your sequence would be a single powershell script that

Installed the LIP
Set languages and languageoverride
reboot (maybe with a prompt or a 2min delay or something)

It would be safest to set the script to run at logoff or when the user is not logged in, or maybe just script adding the maori language as an option and then a group email to everyone linking to a wiki\intranet with instructions on how to change it.

PM me your emali address if you need more info/screenshots, but yea pretty confident this should be enough to get you going

Jas

stevenz

jhsol

nathan

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