What are Language Collections in POSReady 2009?
Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 uses the same language collections as Windows XP. In Windows XP, the 17 Language Groups that have been central to international support in Windows 2000 have been consolidated into three major Language Collections to simplify installation and improve user experience. The Language Collections are as follows: • Basic collection (installed on all languages of the OS) • Complex script collection (always installed on Arabic and Hebrew localized operating systems) • East Asian collection (always installed on operating systems localized for East Asian) Language Collections offer expanded functionality over language groups. They allow the use of more locales and languages without the inconvenience of constantly adding or removing desired languages, thus improving multilingual computing and reducing IT support costs.