Cannot update to lion 10.7.1

I just recently decided that I wanted to switch over to iCloud until I realized the iCloud icon was missing from System Preferences.
Under the Apple, About it states that my software is Lion 10.7. After researching I see that there have been two updates 10.7.1 and 10.7.2. When I click check for updates, it says there are no new updates for my computer.
How can I update to 10.7.1 or 10.7.2?

If you have a beta version of Lion, you're obviously a developer and you'll get better assistance from the developer's forum. The following steps assume that you have a legal user version of Lion:
1. Back up all data, preferably via Time Machine.
2. Power down.
3. Hold down the option key and power up. Release the option key when you see a HD selection.
4. Choose Recovery HD.
5. Choose Disk Utility
6. Repair Disk and Repair Disk Permissions.
7. Exit Disk Utility and allow system to boot up from your HD.
8. If problem is solved, stop here.
9. If problem still exists, repeat steps #1 through #4 above.
10. Choose Reinstall MacOSX.
11. Accept all default decisions.
12. Allow system to reboot from HD.
13. If problem is solved, stop here.
14. If problem still exists, repeat steps #1 through #4 and #10 above.
15. Do not allow information to be reloaded from Time Machine.
16. Allow system to reboot from HD.
17. Manually reload all data from Time Machine. Do not reload any system files.
18. If problem is solved, stop here.
19. If problem still exists, call Apple.

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If you changed your Apple ID (preferred, How to change the name you use for your Apple ID), then you would not have another Apple ID and all of your purchases would still be with your only Apple ID, it would just be renamed to your new email address.
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