Myth 16: There is no difference between MUI technology being used in Win XP and Win Vista This myth has a little bit of background in the
Globalization testing Myth# 12 . This post is rather an extension to the before-mentioned post.
While performing the Globalization testing, one of the key test environment specific decisions is whether to use native language Operating system or make use of MUI packs as Microsoft provides both the options for its users. The
previous post does touch upon this aspect. As i delved more into this topic, i had a realization that MUI packs do not actually behave the same as the different flavors of Windows Operating systems. With a bit of research, i was able to arrive at the below table listing the differences between the way MUI technology works in Windows XP and Windows Vista. This information has largely been derived from the below mentioned sources.
| | | | | . | Category | Win XP | Win Vista
| | . | MUI architecture | Some part of Win XP code is language dependent (e.g. country specific device drivers) | Separates the language resources for the user interface completely from the binary code of the operating system.
All installations of Windows Vista contain at least one language pack and the language neutral binaries that make up the operating system. | | . | Mode of Installation | MUI Packs can be installed over English version of OS only. | Language Packs can be installed on any language version of Windows Vista. E.g. a user having Spanish Vista Ultimate can install German Language packs and switch between these 2 languages on the same system.
| | . | Maintenance updates | Windows XP usually releases one Service pack per language | Being completely built o language neutral code base, Windows Vista can be updated by a single software update anywhere in the world
| | . | Upgrades | The Multilingual User Interface Pack only supports upgrades from English versions in case of Windows XP. | All upgrades must be performed in the same language in case of Windows Vista.
Vista Home Basic (EN)-> Vista Ultimate (JA) not allowed. | | . | Licensing requirements | | For non Win Vista Ultimate, Vista Enterprise installations: Only single language installation.
For these editions, Windows will automatically remove all non-default languages from the computer after the end user completes the Windows Welcome. | | . | File and folder names created at setup | In case of Windows XP, the files and folder names created at setup such as "Program Files", "Documents and Settings" etc. remain in English language. | In case of Windows Vista, the corresponding Files and Folder names created during setup changes to the language of the MUI pack.
| | . | Multiple Languages on same Installation | Windows XP allows having multiple languages on the same computer system provided the original language of OS is English. | Available with any language
| | . | Languages support | 42 | 97 | | . | | | | |
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Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721887(WS.10).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/hi-in/goglobal/dd218461(en-us).aspx
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