ICC v4

Hi,
looks as if ICC v4 monitor profiles are not recognized by Safari on Windows Vista or 7. Is that true? I have a calibrated wide gamut monitor and the colour are all way to intense. Also the test here http://www.color.org/version4html.xalter fails.
Any idea why?
Best
Henrik

I have the same problem.

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