Windows XP - Chinese (difference of official version and MUI?)

[fuunstatic]

I have taken a windows XP (english) with OfficeXP (english) and installed Chinese Multilingual user interface (MUI) packs for XP and Office on top of it.

The results are fine except for the fact that the Office icons are still in English but not too much of a problem

Does anyone know of or have any experience with using the official Chinese Windows XP and OfficeXP instead of using the MUI packs?

The reason I am asking is that the MUI seems easier to support in terms of issuing builds and patches (even if it is a lengthy install and some icons are still in English).

However I believe installing the Chinese version of XP and Office would be more straightforward and quicker giving you more of a "pure" Chinese build than using MUI packs

Any comments experiences etc greatly welcomes

"Work to live, don't live to work"

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[tfg13]

I have installed several different language OS's with Office. Can be a pain when getting to the GUI portion of the install, but that's why we have linguists (they tell me what something says). The only complaint that I have is that the patches don't always come out the time frames that English does. Leaves a system vulnerable for a time until the patch shows up.