Did you buy a Vista laptop from abroad and want it to talk to you in your mother tongue?
The Vistalizator tool will allow you to change display language in Vista editions other than (officially supported) Ultimate, like Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium and Business.

Multiple languages in Vista
To be able to use different/multiple MUI display languages:
- You are the lucky user of Vista Ultimate
- Upgrade your edition to Vista Ultimate - purchase a Windows Anytime Upgrade
- Get a Vista installation DVD in different language and do a clean install of Vista
(you can use Windows Easy Transfer for all your data and settings)
- Make your own Vista Multilanguage DVD and integrate new MUI languages into it
- Use Vistalizator in Vista Home or Business and install languages in a few minutes

NOTE:
- Installing Vista Service Pack 1 is recommended prior to installation on new language(s) in Express mode as they are not upgraded by SP1 installer unlike those languages installed in Internal mode
- Vistalizator overrides the limit of one MUI language on non-Ultimate Vista editions

LIP stands for Language Interface Pack.
Windows Vista LIPs provide a translated version of the most widely used areas of the user interface. LIPs can be installed and used on any edition of Windows Vista 32-bit, but require a parent language (like English or Spanish) because only the basic user interface is translated. The parts of the user interface that are not translated into the LIP language are displayed in the parent language. The parent MUI language pack needs to be installed before the LIP can be installed, either for 32-bit Vista RTM or 32-bit Vista SP1. Download 32-bit Vista LIP Language Packs

MUI stands for Multilingual User Interface.
You can use these language packs in 32-bit Vista RTM only (original Vista without a SP)
You can use these language packs in 32-bit Vista with SP1 or even in 32-bit Vista RTM (original release of Vista without a Service Pack).
You can use these language packs in 64-bit Vista RTM only (original Vista without a SP).
You can use these language packs in 64-bit Vista with SP1 or even in 64-bit Vista RTM (original release of Vista without a Service Pack).

Here are some key features of "Vistalizator":

· Change Vista display language in less than 5 minutes! (Express installation mode)
· Uses official Microsoft Vista language packs
· You can install all 36 MUI languages and switch between them easily
· You can install 35 LIP languages on top of specific MUI languages
· Works in 32-bit and 64-bit Vista
· Compatible with Vista Service Pack 1
· User Account Control (UAC) compliant - prompts for administrative privileges
Vista Speech Recognition works with all supported languages:
· Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Supports Windows Vista SP2
· Works on Windows Seven RTM (build 7600.16385) - experimental
· Supports 9 new LIP languages for Windows Vista
· Multiple language support (program interface can be translated), get additional languages
· Program's Help in 7 languages