System Update failure due to lack of space

I have a Thinkpad X41 with XP and Office 2007.
I just use as a note taker in meetings so I don't have any other programs or files on it.
Up until recently it worked fine, however, when I try System Update I get  an error, with the message insufficient room on harddisk.  As I have no files on the computer I have plenty of spare space with more than 40 GB available.  I have checked this many times.
I have unistalled and reinstalled the System Update software.  Same thing.
I called the Lenovo Support last year.  They hadn't heard of the problem but offered to investigate and call back.  They never did.
Does anyone know about this problem?

This is not the "problem" at all! I'm using my wife's machine so she is the principal admin. I have admin privileges but I can't re-install or upgrade FireFox (or any other program) without logging out as me and logging in as her. My "complaint" is that if FireFox can recognize this when I select "Check for Upgrades", (and tell me I don't have privileges to make the installation) why can't it tell me this when it automatically checks for upgrades? It would just make it look cleaner. This is normal Mac behavior. I know I could re-install it under my name if I wanted to but then, I would have to upgrade it all the time.

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