Downloading Windows Language Packs for SCCM (not through Volume Licensing)

So my company happens to be one of those that doesn't have access to VLSC because it's owned by the parent company. Which makes getting language packs really annoying.

Thankfully after trawling through the 'Net, I found a reference:
https://www.ntlite.com/community/index.php?threads/language-pack-downloads-windows-10-8-1-7.17/post-13048

It's not exact instructions, but I was able to sort of get it to work with SCCM.

Instructions

1. Download the files

  1. Go to the UUP Dump website: https://uupdump.ml/, and search for the build you want (i.e. 2004).
  2. A big confusing list usually appears - the search button above isn't very good, so easiest workaround is just to Ctrl+F and search for what you need.
  3. You'll want either x86 or x64, and the correct Win10 version you have installed.
  4. How to find that? There's two ways:
    1. If you've already installed it on a test, go to Start > System, then look at the Hardware Abstraction Layer part.
    2. If you haven't, and you've got the .iso file, run this command:
      dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:F:\sources\install.wim /index:1
      • If you've got a install.esd instead, just replace install.wim with install.esd.
      • Look for Version and ServicePack Build, that should give you the exact version, in this example it's 10.0.19041.264.


  5. Back in UUP Dump, I did a Find for '19041.264) amd64', and found three options:


  6. Click on the Feature Update link (Note: I don't think it matters whether it's Feature or Cumulative, it's just my preference).
  7. Now Browse for all files. A full list of files appear.
  8. I'm looking for Australian English, so I run a Find for 'en-au'. Three results highlighted:
  9. Download all of them.
  10. Make sure you rename the files, as it doesn't download as the named file.

2. Add to SCCM

  1. In SCCM, add these files as a package with no deployment commands.
  2. I create a folder just after installing the Config Manager client. Add 3 'Run Command Line' options, and a Restart Computer option.


  3. The command line for each one of them goes like this:
    cmd /c dism.exe /online /Add-Package /PackagePath:.\language\microsoft-windows-languagefeatures-basic-en-au-package-amd64.cab
    cmd /c dism.exe /online /Add-Package /PackagePath:.\language\microsoft-windows-languagefeatures-speech-en-au-package-amd64.cab
    cmd /c dism.exe /online /Add-Package /PackagePath:.\language\microsoft-windows-languagefeatures-texttospeech-en-au-package-amd64.cab
  4. I could probably have combined all of them, but it's nice to see if it errors out.

That's it!







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