How to add languages when you use Sysprep to prepare Windows Server 2003 to be cloned (908368)

SUMMARY

When you use the System Preparation tool (Sysprep) to prepare Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to be cloned, you can add languages in the advanced settings of Setup Manager (Setupmgr.exe). However, when Setup Manager creates the %system drive%:\Sysprep\sysprep.inf file and the %system drive%:\Sysprep\i386 folder, you are not prompted for the location of the Windows installation files that must be added to the %system drive%:\Sysprep folder. Additionally, you receive the following message:Adding languages does not guarantee that your computer has all of the fonts required to display content in your preferred languages.When you try to access content on the cloned operating system that uses one of the languages that you added, you may be prompted to download additional language components.

Therefore, you should manually add the required Windows installation files to the %system drive%:\Sysprep folder.

MORE INFORMATION

To manually add the required Windows installation files to the %system drive%:\Sysprep folder, follow these steps:

Open the Systprep.inf file in a text editor such as Notepad.
In the "[Unattended]" section, type the following line:
InstallFilesPath = %system drive%\sysprep\i386
Add the following files from the Windows Server 2003 startup disk to the %system drive%:\Sysprep\i386 folder.
- .\i386\*.nl_
- .\i386\kbd*.dl_
- .\i386\*.fo_
- .\i386\agt*.dl_
- .\i386\agt*.hl_
- .\i386\conime.ex_
- .\i386\noise.*
- .\i386\wbdbase.*
- .\i386\infosoft.dl_
- .\i386\f3ahvoas.dl_
- .\i386\sylfaen.tt_
- .\i386\c_is*.dl_
- .\i386\hwx*.dl_
- .\i386\ftlx041e.dl_
- .\i386\*.tt_
- .\i386\thawbrkr.dl_
Note In this list, the asterisk symbol (*) is a wildcard character that represents one or more characters. For example, for the ".\i386\noise.*" list item, you should add all the files from the \i386 folder on the startup disk that start with "noise." and that end in any file name extension to the %system drive%:\Sysprep\i386 folder.
Create a %system drive%:\Sysprep\i386\LANG folder on the cloned operating system, and then copy all the files from the .\i386\LANG folder on the startup disk to this new folder.

For more information about how to customize the regional options and language options in Windows XP, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prbc_cai_zqvt.asp

Note In Microsoft Windows 2000, Setup Manager does prompt you for the location of the required Windows installation files and Setup Manager builds the file list.