text: will my windows be geniune? my current win xp is geniune & sp1.i wanna upgrade it to sp2.my sp2 cd is not geniune.if i upgrade it what will be the last win?geniune or not(my current has problems that with any kind of software couldn't be solved) service pack 2 (if this is what you mean by sp2) is freely available for download from the microsoft update website: http://update.microsoft.com or you can order a cd of service pack 2. both are genuine, and both are free