Update is available for the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Multilingual User Interface Pack

This article describes the update that is available for the Microsoft Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1). This update addresses different issues that may occur after you install Windows Server 2003 SP1. This article includes information about where to download the MUI update, and how to remove the MUI update from the computer.

Cumulative Help Update for Windows Server 2003 SP1 MUI

After you install Windows Server 2003 SP1 on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has Windows Server 2003 MUI installed, you may experience the following symptoms in the Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003:

• Help topics may have English text.
• Help topics may have broken links to other Help topics.

Additionally, the Tip of the Day feature from Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Help may be blocked by the new security enhancements in Internet Explorer.

To resolve these issues, a Cumulative Help Update for Windows Server 2003 MUI is available in several languages. We recommend that you close any open Help files before you install this update. If there are Help files open while you install the update, you must restart the computer to complete the installation of the Cumulative Help Update.

Download information

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Download the Cumulative Help Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack package now.

Release Date: April 8, 2005

For more information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

To view the MUI documentation update

To view the MUI documentation update after it is installed, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Help and Support.
2. Under Help Contents, click a Help topic that previously had English text, or that had broken links to other Help topics.

Installing or removing updates

For more information about command-line switches that you can use to install this update, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: You can remove the Windows Server 2003 MUI update by using the Add or Remove Programs tool. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.
2. In the Currently installed programs list, click the MUI update that you want to remove, and then click Remove.
3. Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the update.

Additional resources

For more information about Windows Server 2003, visit the following Microsoft Web sites.

Windows Server 2003 Home page

Windows Server 2003 TechCenter