# Windows Vista and ID3v2.4 UTF-8
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-vista-and-id3v2-4-utf-8/3296
**Category:** Off-Topic
**Created:** [May 8, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-vista-and-id3v2-4-utf-8/3296 "2006-05-08T22:23:11Z")
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### Author:  [@klaasklever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/klaasklever)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-vista-and-id3v2-4-utf-8/3296/1 "2006-05-08T22:23:11Z")
Can anyone who has access to the Vista betas (hanschke 😉) check whether it supports
displaying v2.4 (UTF-8 of course) tags in the Explorer and it's Windows Media Player 11 ?
I'd really like to know whether Microsoft has cared about adding support for that ,
or whether they chose to ignore developments in the mp3 area as much as possible to
push their pesky WMA crap 😆
Not that I'm too keen on Vista (I am not), but I'd like to know that nonetheless...
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### Author:  [@klaasklever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/klaasklever)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-vista-and-id3v2-4-utf-8/3296/2 "2006-09-15T22:09:09Z")
Update (for anyone interested):
I just tested Vista RC-1 for a couple of days, as MS' CTP program
has been reopened for the public.
It does NOT support v2.4 UTF-8 tags.
Neither does it display them in the Explorer,
nor in it's Windows Media Player 11.
Not surprisingly, MS doesn't care 😉
Cheers!
Spacemarine
PS: And in general, Vista does _not_ seem to be the "next big thing" like MS wants
to make us believe. 😆