HT1338 Boot Camp  Cannot Use

I want to partition or use boot camp and have this warning:
You must update your system software before using this setup assistant.
Somebody please help me? Best regards.

Well, your system profile is rather confusing...
Mac OS X (10.5.5), leopard
Using Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
Since you posted in the Snow Leopard forum area, I gather that is the os that is currently installed on your computer?
Use Software Update to update your os to 10.6.8 and anything else that needs to be updated.

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