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                     "Read First" Release Notes
     Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional MultiLanguage Version, 
           Windows 2000 Server MultiLanguage Version, and
         Windows 2000 Advanced Server MultiLanguage version
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This document provides late-breaking or other information that 
supplements the documentation provided on CD1 of the Microsoft 
Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version.

The following two release note files are included on CD3:

   * Readme.txt (this file, containing preinstallation information)
   * Relnotes.txt (compatibility and postinstallation notes)

To review the latest Application Compatibility information, see the
Microsoft Windows 2000 Product Compatibility Web site at: 

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/compatible/

To review the latest release notes and updated information for 
Windows 2000, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base on the 
Microsoft Personal Online Support Web site at: 

http://support.microsoft.com/support/

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How to Use This Document
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To view Readme.txt on-screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad window.

To print Readme.txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor,
and then on the File menu, click Print.

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Read Me First
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Welcome to the Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version.

Print and read this document for critical preinstallation information
concerning this product release.

After you install the Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version, print and 
read the Release Notes files:

	* Readme.doc located on CD1 and
	* Relnotes.txt located on CD3.

Windows 2000 Help describes new features in detail. To view
Windows 2000 Help after you install Windows 2000, click Start, and
then click Help.

To get the latest documentation on the Web for Windows 2000 systems:

   * View the latest Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version information
     by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/faqs/multilang.asp

   * View the latest documentation for Windows 2000 Professional by
     visiting the Windows Home Pages on the Microsoft Web site at:
     http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=Win2000&sbp
     =professional&ar=Help&sba=webhelp

   * View the latest documentation for Windows 2000 Server by visiting
     the Windows Home Pages on the Microsoft Web site at:
     http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=Win2000&sbp
     =Server&ar=Help&sba=webhelp

   * Download the latest documentation to your computer from Windows
     Update on the Microsoft Web site at:
     http://www.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd
     =windowsupdate


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CONTENTS
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1.0  ABOUT THE WINDOWS 2000 MULTILANGUAGE VERSION
2.0  BEFORE INSTALLING THE MULTILANGUAGE FILES FROM CD2
3.0  UPGRADING TO THE WINDOWS 2000 MULTILANGUAGE VERSION PROM PRE-RELEASE
     VERSIONS
4.0  INSTALLING THE WINDOWS 2000 MULTILANGUAGE VERSION IN UNATTENDED MODE


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1.0 ABOUT THE WINDOWS 2000 MULTILANGUAGE VERSION
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The Windows 2000 family of operating systems provides extensive support 
for international users, addressing many multilingual issues such as 
regional preferences, fonts, keyboard layouts, sorting orders, date 
formats and Unicode support. 

The Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version builds on top of this support 
by adding the capability of switching the User Interface (menus, dialogs 
and help files) from one language to another. This feature helps make 
administration and support of multilingual computing environments much 
easier by: 

  *   allowing workstations to be shared by users who speak different 
      languages

  *   facilitating the roll-out of one system company-wide, with the 
      addition of User Interface languages as they become available. 
      This allows the one same service pack to update all machines.

The Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version allows each user of a workstation 
to select one of the installed User Interface languages. This selection 
is then stored in their user profile. When a user logs on, the appearance 
of the system and the help files associated with the system components 
changes to the selected language. (Note that this is not quite the 
same as running a localized version of Windows 2000. The Windows 2000 
MultiLanguage Version is based on the international English version of 
Windows 2000. Accordingly, some parts of the system -- most noticeably 
the registry -- remain in English.)

The ability to read and write documents in each of the languages 
supported by Windows 2000 is a feature of every version of Windows 2000, 
not just of the Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version. However, the ability 
to switch User Interface languages is only provided by the Windows 2000 
MultiLanguage Version.


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2.0  BEFORE INSTALLING THE MULTILANGUAGE FILES FROM CD2 or CD3
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Before you install any of the files from the Windows 2000 MultiLanguage 
Version CD2 or CD3, you must complete the installation of Windows 2000 from CD1. 
Setup of the CD2 or CD3 files can only be accomplished once Windows 2000 has 
been installed from CD1.

Refer to Setup.txt on CD1 for information on installing Windows 2000.


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3.0  UPGRADING TO THE WINDOWS 2000 MULTILANGUAGE VERSION FROM PRE-RELEASE
     VERSIONS
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In order to upgrade to the Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version from pre-
release versions of the product, you must first uninstall all User 
Interface languages (using muisetup.exe). 

See the Read1st.txt file on CD1 for a note about Supported Upgrade 
Scenarios from Pre-Release Versions of Windows 2000. 


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4.0  INSTALLING THE WINDOWS 2000 MULTILANGUAGE VERSION IN UNATTENDED MODE
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The following steps explain how to install the Windows 2000 MultiLanguage 
Version in unattended mode. For more information, see:

*   http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/win2k/setup/default.asp.

1. Copy all the MultiLanguage files from CD2 & CD3 into a temporary directory 
immediately below the top level directory of a network install source. 
(In this example, we name the temporary directory \MUITEMP.)

2. Create an answer file containing a "RegionalSettings" section. Use 
this section to specify the Language Groups and locales to install. Use 
the appropriate Language Group IDs and Locale IDs (LCIDs). Ensure that 
the Language Groups you install are sufficient to cover BOTH the locale 
settings and the User Interface languages you are installing. 

    Example: 
    [RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=5,8,13
    Language=0401

Add a "GUIRunOnce section" to the Answer file. This section will run the 
muisetup.exe program to install the specified User Interface languages 
with desired settings. Use the appropriate Language ID (LANGID)s, and the 
muisetup command line parameters to ensure a quiet installation. Run a 
command to remove the temporary \MUITEMP directory after installation 
(see line 2 in the example below).

   Example: 
   [GuiRunOnce]
   "%windir%\MUITEMP\MUISETUP.exe [/i LangID LangID...] [/d LangID] /r /s"
   "%windir%\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE /c RMDIR %WINDIR%\MUITEMP /s /q"

3. Run winnt32.exe with appropriate options to use the answer file, and 
copy the temporary directory (\MUITEMP) to the target drive. If you are 
installing Language Groups, be sure to use the /copysource option to copy 
the necessary Language Group files. (If you only need to copy one Language 
Group, rather than all of them, you can specify "lang\[language directory 
name]". 

    Example: 
    winnt32.exe /unattend:"mui.txt" /copysource:"lang" /copydir:"MUITEMP" 
    /s:"path to install source"

Note: Machine / disk preparation
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If you use a boot disk to prepare the machine before installing the 
Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version in unattended mode, you should use 
a Windows 9.x boot disk. Use of an MS-DOS 6.22 boot disk will cause the 
installation to fail.

