Why used my windows xp sp1a upgrade to sp2

ORIGINAL TITLE: HELP ME URGENT!

Why my windows xp sp1a upgrade to sp2 used when I try to use the download from the micrsoft websit it dose work ' nt it will come with a message saying "the expeted to your product version is not found on your system.


NOTE: windows update does not work I tried it.

Hello

You can even try just going straight to SP3 the link above. I believe that SP3 can be installed SP1 or SP1a.

Tricky

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