How can I install Windows 10 language packs offline with an MDT Integrated Task Sequence in System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch)

[SMoRZ3]

You can either define the variable using the Create TS Variable step, or you can modify the unattened.xml and hardcode the language value instead of using a variable.

[dj3094]

Thanks for the reply, How can I hardcode them in unattendxml? just replace osduilanguage to pl-PL

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="wow64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <InputLocale>%OSDInputLocale%</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>%OSDSystemLocale%</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>%OSDUILanguage%</UILanguage>
            <UILanguageFallback>%OSDUILanguageFallback%</UILanguageFallback>
            <UserLocale>%OSDUserLocale%</UserLocale>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/install.wim#Windows 10 Enterprise" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

Thanks 

[SMoRZ3]

If you don't need flexibility with your unattend.xml file (for changing out different language and regional settings) you can just add the code to it.

For example Inputlocale is for keyboard layout. I happen to leave the variable, and in my task sequence set it to "en-us;cs-cz" to set it to US layout as default but with the option to switch to the Czech keyboard layout.

 

 

So you can just replace your "%OSDInputLocale%" with "pl-PL" or "pl-PL;en-us" or something like that.

[dj3094]

thanks

so just add set task sequence variable at start of the TS?

and remove the unattend.xml?

Also i declared variable in TS and to run if Region value and Launguage value matches.

How can I overcome that

[SMoRZ3]

You still need the unattend.xml to tell the OS what settings to use. So no matter how you get the settings into the unattend.xml (static or declaring a variable) its still required. As long as the variables are declared before the "Setup Windows and ConfigMgr" step it should work out.

Technically the "Apply Operating System Image" and other pre-OS steps are creating/modifying an unattend.xml file for you.

[dj3094]

Thanks I will try adding set task sequence variable an give it a try

[dj3094]

I added the variable after install on login screen I saw polish language and was happy. but as soon as I tried to login, everything is in english. Any suggestions please

[Kingskawn]

@anyweb we are on CM 2006 with W10 1803 machines (planning to move to 1909) but the regional settings have to be changed to this:

I tried by deploying a TS with an XML to the actual machines but this only works for the welcome screen and new user accounts, not for the actual already known users. This is an XML I deployed
 

 <gs:GlobalizationServices xmlns:gs="urn:longhornGlobalizationUnattend">
    <!--User List-->
    <gs:UserList>
        <gs:User UserID="Current" CopySettingsToSystemAcct="true" CopySettingsToDefaultUserAcct="true" />
    </gs:UserList>

    <!--Display Language-->
    <gs:MUILanguagePreferences>
        <gs:MUILanguage Value="en-US" />
        <!--<gs:MUIFallback Value="en-UK" /> -->
    </gs:MUILanguagePreferences>

    <!-- system locale -->
    <gs:SystemLocale Name="en-US"/>
    
    <!--User Locale-->
    <gs:UserLocale>
        <gs:Locale Name="fr-BE" SetAsCurrent="true" ResetAllSettings="true"/>
    </gs:UserLocale>

    <!--input preferences-->
    <gs:InputPreferences>

        <!--en-BE-->
        <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0409:00000813" Default="true"/>
        
        <!--en-US-->
        <gs:InputLanguageID Action="remove" ID="0409:00000409"/>

        <!--en-UK-->
        <gs:InputLanguageID Action="remove" ID="0809:00000809"/>

    </gs:InputPreferences>

    <!--location-->
    <gs:LocationPreferences>
        <gs:GeoID Value="21"/>
    </gs:LocationPreferences>
</gs:GlobalizationServices>

 

Any ideas how to fix that for the known users on the machines?

[anyweb]

please take a look at my recent post on the subject, it covers the new method of doing this