HT1338 Trying to Upgrade Mac OS X 10.5.6 and am having some issues. Help. Please...

Hello All,
   I used to used my personal computer at work on their wifi for an general system update and I am trying to update my software at home. The error message is as follows:
               The file “index.sucatalog” couldn’t be found on the server “macsus.gene.com”.
How can I change the settings to upgrade at home? And yes, I need a step by step bc other than checking for upgrades I am useless

Thank Niel,
  So this is how lame I am. I can of course get to the Utilities folder. But there are a ton of folders in there, where and how do I type in the:
defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL
Thank You,
Marissa

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