For example, select Catalan , and then click or tap Add. Catalan is now added as one of your languages. In the Change your language preferences pane, click or tap Options next to the language that you added. If a language pack is available to download for your language, click or tap Download and install language pack. When the language pack is installed, the language is displayed as available to use for the Windows display language.
To make this language your display language, move it to the top of your language list. If you install many additional language packs, the disk space and system performance are affected. In particular, disk space and system performance are affected during servicing operations, such as Service Pack installations. Therefore, we recommend that you only add a language pack to your computer if you will use the language pack.
Language packs also let multiple users who share a computer select distinct display languages. For example, one user can select to see the dialog boxes, menus, and other text in Japanese, whereas another user can select to see the same content in French. Language packs are sometimes unavailable, and you cannot download them in Control Panel. If you experience this issue, try to find and download the language pack that you want on the following Windows website:. Language packs.
In the Change your language preferences pane, click or tap Options next to the language that you want to change. You must make sure that the language pack that you want to remove is currently not being used.
Be aware that you cannot remove the original install language of Windows. If the language pack can be uninstalled, a link to uninstall the language pack is shown. Click or tap Uninstall language pack. Language packs that are installed by using the language control panel can be uninstalled if they are currently not being used.
After you uninstall a language pack, other users on the same computer cannot use that language pack. After you install a language pack and change the Windows display language, you may notice the pre-installed Windows Store apps, such as Weather or Maps, do not initially change to the new display language.
When you change display languages, the built-in Windows Store apps have not yet downloaded the corresponding language resource files they need in order to be displayed in the new language.
If you have automatic Windows updates enabled, the language resource files for these apps are automatically downloaded at your next scheduled Windows Update. The whole process will take place automatically provided that you have automatic Windows updates enabled, but typically this process needs a few days to finish. If you want the preinstalled Windows Store apps to display in the new language immediately, you will need to install additional Windows updates, change some user profile settings, and then view the apps in a newly created user account.
To do this, follow these steps:. Once the new display language is installed, restart the computer, and then log on to an administrator account. Install the new updates that are found by tapping or clicking Install updates. Check that your location setting is accurate. Some Windows Store apps use this setting to provide more accurate information that is in the appropriate format.
Do teh following to check your location setting:. Select your home location from the dropdown, and then tap or click OK. Change the Welcome screen and the new user accounts settings to the new display language by doing the following:. Note These updates are incomplete language packs. The language packs contain only the updated resources for Windows 8. Some dialog boxes or text does not respect the language settings in the following scenarios.
Assume that you have Windows 8. You install Windows 8. Then, you add a language pack. Assume that you install Windows 8. Note This issue does not occur if you first install a language pack on a Windows 8. These updates are available from Windows Update.
Update for Windows 8. Note The update for Windows RT 8. For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted.
The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file. I have heard that such a package contains just a printed key and some sort of certificate but no installation media. I was hoping that the key was all I need to upgrade a running Windows 8 core version to Windows 8 Pro. I intended to run the "Add features" wizard to enter the new key and see where that would take me. If the upgrade procedure does not change any language settings, there will be no need for additional language packs.
Now here is my question again: Will the key from a so-called "German" upgrade pack work with an US-English Windows 8 installation? If so, it seems somewhat silly to label the Windows 8 Pro pack in question as "German". If not, and if someone in this forum can confirm this in advance, I will be spared from buying the wrong product.
I'd have to find another dealer though. Windows Anytime Upgrade isn't included in this version of Windows. Instead, you can use Add features to Windows 8 to get a different edition. In Add features to Windows 8, you can get an edition of Windows 8 that has more features than your current edition. To get a new edition, you need to buy a product key—they're available at electronics stores.
Make sure to buy a product key that's specifically for Add features to Windows 8. And you can also buy a product key online in some countries and regions. Once you buy a product key and enter it into Add features to Windows 8, new features will be added to your PC automatically and you'll have a new edition of Windows 8.
Nothing will happen to your apps, files, and settings. Of course, it will not affect your language settings. To add more features, please follow this article:.
Get more from Windows 8. More information, you can refer to this article:. Add features to Windows 8: FAQ.
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