Thread: Windows XP Russian

Hey everyone. Is it possible to switch to a compleetly Russian WindowsXP?
Or do you need a special Russian version for that? I know that under for example MacOSX this is very easy to do but under XP I really have no idea 'cause I never tried it.

There is a russian edition of xp, but the lowest I have seen it is 425 dollars. Not really worth it in my opinion.

Here is a screen shot:



If I found it for a decent price (say maybe less than 100), Id buy it.

there is MUI (multilanguage user interface) pack for XP (it`s free AFAIK). It makes XP 99% Russian (and there is other languages, too). Look at M$ site...
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/DrIn ... UIFaq.mspx

How can I acquire Windows MUI?
The Windows XP/2000 MUI is sold only through Volume Licensing programs such as the Microsoft Open License Program (MOLP / Open), Select, and Enterprise agreement (or with a new computer as an OEM version at customer request). It is not available through retail channels.

hmm....why they are hiding it, it`s just a language pack :-\

I recently bought a computer in Afghanistan and it came with XP Proffessional, and when I took it to Tashkent, we started to work in Russian, and all is included, even a text tranlator and on screen russian keyboard. We then just spent 13.USD to buy a russian keyboard in Tashkent, and we have a russian computer.

Originally Posted by saibot

There is a russian edition of xp, but the lowest I have seen it is 425 dollars.

The lowest I've seen it is about 150 rubles. It looks like 1 ruble is about $3...

it was pirated official win-XP home OEM about 50$, win-XP home BOX 100$

Well, of course where is a way to get pirated Rusian (Japanese, Chinese etc) localised verison, but, actualy, MUI is better in many cases. Because you can switch interface language "on the fly", have diffirent users with diffirent interfaces and so on.

Anyway, it`s easy to get it from e-donkey, some ftp servers and so on, I`m sure it was at microsoft site, too, like service pack1...2 and such stuff, may be they change they`s mind....

p.s. lowest legal software price I see was Warcraft-3, jewel box, for 5$

Originally Posted by ST

p.s. lowest legal software price I see was Warcraft-3, jewel box, for 5$

WC III isn't software. It's playware.

Remember the good old days when any pirate disk cost didn't exceed 50 roubles...

heh, keep it in secret, may be Bill Gates watching us...

When you pirate WinXP, you downloading capitalism...

99,99999999% of Russian home users use pirated Windows, and I think, Bill Gates knows it.

P.S. I'm under Linux now

Originally Posted by pranki

99,99999999% of Russian home users use pirated Windows,

Me too!!

So I'm one of 0,00000001% :)

Originally Posted by net surfer

So I'm one of 0,00000001%

For being such a good citizen, here, have a picture of the Mayor of Moscow.
http://www.mos.ru/cgi-bin/pbl_web?vid=1 ... &datedoc=0

I live not in Moscow. Do you have something else for me?

You can have a cow OR a bird. Which would you like?

I'd like both......the bird tastes better but the cow has more meat.

Originally Posted by DDT

You can have a cow OR a bird. Which would you like?

A flying cow. Like this one:

I have Russian Windows XP on my laptop. But that is because I bought the laptop in Russia, so that makes me 0.00000001% too... it was very useful in learning russian computer terms!

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

I have Russian Windows XP on my laptop. But that is because I bought the laptop in Russia, so that makes me 0.00000001% too... it was very useful in learning russian computer terms!

which are simply bad translations from English