"Unable to install 3.1 update as version 3.0 cannot be found"

I get this error when I try to install the 3.1 update. I look on the apple website in hope of finding version 3.0, but I cannot find it anywhere. I'm using a MacBook Pro using Windows XP 32bit.
Can anyone help?

3.0 is pre-requisite, and is only found on 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD.

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