While your trying to install Sharepoint server 2010 or sharepoint 2010 language pack to windows 7 operating systems. you ll get “this product is not supported by your operating system etc.” message.
Solution is simple
Extract the setup file to a directory
assume that installation file name is sharepoint2010lp.exe
c:\sharepoint2010lp.exe /extract:c:\shr2010lpsetup
this ll exctract the whole package content to the specified folder.
You will find the config xml file under c:\shr2010lpsetup\files\setup sub folder
open that xml file with notedpad or any other text editors.
add this line
<Setting Id=”AllowWindowsClientInstall” Value=”True”/>
in the <configuration> tag.
save the file and try installing again. You ll see that its working