How to change the language from English to Spanish in Windows 2008

Operating systems commonly use English as their default language.

In this post, we show you the steps to follow if the Windows 2008 operating system on your server comes with English as the default language and you want to change it to Spanish.

Steps to change your Windows operating system language from English to Spanish

1. Connect to your server using Remote Desktop

    Additional information

   You can find more information about connecting to your server using Remote Desktop in the following post:

   Access Windows using Remote Desktop 

2. Download the Spanish language pack from: Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Multilingual User Interface Language Packs. Depending on your operating system, you will need to download the language pack for 32-bit or 64-bit systems.

   Important information

   If you have Windows Server 2008 R2 installed, you can find the language pack here:

   Windows Server 2008 R2 Multilingual User Interface Language Packs 

3. Copy and paste the file into the directory of your choice.
4. Extract the ISO using a program such as WinRAR.
5. Open the options under "Regional and Language Options" in the server's "Control Panel".
6. Select the tab "Keyboard and Languages".
7. Under "Display Language", select "Install/uninstall languages", and follow the instructions. When prompted, specify the location of the language pack by selecting the directory where you previously placed it.
8. Once the installation is complete, you will need to restart your Cloud Server.