Yesterday I have encountered a major problem with installing a language pack on a brand new Lenovo G585 laptop. The language pack would fail to install each time I tried. After hours of research, trial and error - I came to the conclusion that there is no way but to restore the factory image of the laptop to successfully install the language pack.
Cause:
What causes this problem are certain updates that you might install before installing the language pack. My suspicion is that the update KB2821895 is responsible for this problem, but I can not confirm it. I can only confirm that this update CANNOT be uninstalled and I uninstalled all new updates that came after it to no avail.
Which solutions do not work:
1. Trying to install the language pack again from Control Panel after you receive the error.
2. Trying to install the language pack in Safe Mode or using Clean Boot.
3. Disabling or uninstalling antivirus software or firewall.
4. Deleting or renaming the SoftwareDistribution folder inside the Windows folder.
5. Using LPKsetup or LPKinstall to install the language pack (if you have the language pack as the CAB file).
6. Using DISM to install the language pack inside command line interface.
7. Using DISM to restore the health of the system image.
8. Refreshing the Windows 8 installation without removing user files also does not help.
9. As mentioned above, uninstalling the updates that came after you started Windows 8 for the first time but before trying to install the language pack.
Also you might be successful in installing a different language pack from the one you initially planned to install.
What solution does work (as till today - 31/08/13):
Clean installation of Windows 8 or factory image restore of Windows 8.
Your goal is to install the language pack as the first thing you do when Windows 8 is operational for the first time after installation or restoration of the factory image.
Best idea is also to disable the Automatic Updates until you have finished successfully installing the language pack.
I'm in the same boat as you. But refresh or reinstall OS only for this seems unfair. What about accepting the auto and free update from Windows 8 to 8.1? Would that solve this Windows BUG or language packs will be impossible to install in 8.1 too? I did a web search about 8.1 and Language Packs and It seems people are having trouble with 8.1 too.
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