XP SP1/SP2 system DLL’s

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Last week I found out that sometimes XP SP1 dlls are labelled as xpsp2.

A client had DLLs that were labelled xpsp2 for example

comctl32.dll  6.0 (xpsp2.050831-1533) c:windowswinsxs
x86_microsoft.windows
.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.
1740_x-ww_7cb8ab44comctl32.dll 

However just because the DLLs are labelled xpsp2 this does not mean that they are Service Packl 2.Infact they are late XP Service Pack 1 DLLs!

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