It’s impossible to know for sure, given Microsoft’s continued unwillingness to talk specifics about it, but it’s looking like Windows Live Wave 4 — like Internet Explorer 9 — isn’t going to support Windows XP.
According to a new blog post on LiveSide.Net, internal milestone test builds of Windows Live Wave 4 only work on Windows Vista with Service Pack (SP) 2 installed and higher. The same is true of IE 9, Microsoft officials conceded earlier this month; both the first developer preview and the final release of IE9 require a minimum of Vista with SP2.
Windows Live Wave 4 is the collection of services including Windows Live Mail, Messenger instant-messaging, Writer blogging tool, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker and other optional software/service add-ons designed to supplement Windows. A subset of these services is bundled together and available via a single installer (Windows Live Essentials).
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